#176 - Leveraging Rust: Dan Dresser’s Journey to Speed Up His Trading App

This week, we’re joined by Dan Dresser, who shares how he re-built his trading app in Rust, see also his community win post:Wrote a Trading App in RustWe dive into the app's purpose, the performance challenges he encountered, and how Rust became the best solution for increasing performance demands.Dan shares the complexities / hurdles he faced in the process, his mindset for pushing through when stuck, and valuable tips for learning Rust.We wrap up with two cool book recommendations. I (Bob) got a lot out of this conversation, and I hope you do too. Enjoy and thanks for tuning in!Links:- Connect with Dan on LinkedIn- Join our Circle community and connect with him there- Pybites Rust exercises (WIP)- Pybites coaching (ad segment)- Rust book tip- Non-tech book tip Chapters:00:00 Intro02:04 Dan's trading background03:25 Win of the week05:00 Trading app, goal and scaling09:40 Audience / automating an existing process11:25 Lessons learned - writing async code13:30 The importance starting small16:40 Getting stuck + mindset to persist20:30 The v2 rewrite, when and why?24:00 Why Rust? Learning tips28:35 How Rust boosted the app's performance32:05 Pybites coaching ad segment32:35 Rust transition and impact of performance38:04 Additional Rust learning tips / exercises40:40 Final CTA / non-coding activities41:30 Book tips: Zero to production in Rust / Frostbite43:32 Wrap up / outro