[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  v [@iavins](/creator/twitter/iavins) on x 12K followers Created: 2025-07-18 15:48:45 UTC AWS published a blog post: An Aurora DSQL Story. It's less about database development and more like a love letter to Rust. DSQL's initial development was in Kotlin, but they weren't happy with its performance. So two engineers, who had never written Rust before, rewrote a component in Rust. The code was 10x faster even though they didn't make any attempt to optimize it. They had spent years carefully tuning the Kotlin version which did XXXXX TPS. The Rust one clocked XXXXXX TPS. Insane! They wanted to extend Postgres. Instead of C, they chose Rust again for memory safety reasons. For tooling reasons, they rewrote the control panel, and well, you guessed it right, in Rust. The entire post is full of praise for Rust and makes an excellent case for why Rust is a great choice for writing a new database. Go read it! XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [faster](/topic/faster) [10x](/topic/10x) [blog](/topic/blog) [amazon web services](/topic/amazon-web-services) [Post Link](https://x.com/iavins/status/1946235701886124035)
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Created: 2025-07-18 15:48:45 UTC
AWS published a blog post: An Aurora DSQL Story. It's less about database development and more like a love letter to Rust.
DSQL's initial development was in Kotlin, but they weren't happy with its performance. So two engineers, who had never written Rust before, rewrote a component in Rust. The code was 10x faster even though they didn't make any attempt to optimize it. They had spent years carefully tuning the Kotlin version which did XXXXX TPS. The Rust one clocked XXXXXX TPS. Insane!
They wanted to extend Postgres. Instead of C, they chose Rust again for memory safety reasons. For tooling reasons, they rewrote the control panel, and well, you guessed it right, in Rust.
The entire post is full of praise for Rust and makes an excellent case for why Rust is a great choice for writing a new database. Go read it!
XXXXXX engagements
Related Topics faster 10x blog amazon web services