NearlyFreeSpeech.NET rewrote its production C++ frontend infrastructure (custom Apache modules handling request routing, caching, and access control) in Rust. The rewrite targeted business-critical code that couldn't afford downtime, motivated by memory safety concerns and improved developer experience. The case study documents the decision-making process and engineering approach for modernizing core infrastructure.
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How (and why) we rewrote our production C++ frontend infrastructure in Rust
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET eliminated memory safety vulnerabilities by rewriting production C++ infrastructure in Rust without downtime, proving the language's viability for business-critical systems.
Saturday, April 18, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: LobstersBY sys://pipeline
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