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21 November 2025

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Then the build sat there, churning.
No alarm. No outage. Just silence and a spinner. That day didn’t break production.
It broke momentum.
And momentum is what feeds a young product — and a small team. This isn’t a language fight. It’s a time bill. Rust makes services fast and safe at runtime.
But the way we build Rust can quietly drain build time until sprints feel heavy. You don..."