That said, I do want to point something out: the “Fast (because Rust)” or “Lightning fast” tagline that’s increasingly common in Rust projects isn’t great. Just using Rust doesn’t automatically make something fast — real performance comes from design, algorithms, and benchmarks.
These days, whenever I see “Lightning fast” in a Rust project, it makes me think the author hasn’t really focused on optimization, and that the project might not actually be as performance-tuned as the claim suggests.
That said, I do want to point something out: the “Fast (because Rust)” or “Lightning fast” tagline that’s increasingly common in Rust projects isn’t great. Just using Rust doesn’t automatically make something fast — real performance comes from design, algorithms, and benchmarks. These days, whenever I see “Lightning fast” in a Rust project, it makes me think the author hasn’t really focused on optimization, and that the project might not actually be as performance-tuned as the claim suggests.