#487: Building Rust Extensions for Python

There has been a lot of changes in the low-level Python space these days. The biggest has to be how many projects have rewritten core performance-intensive sections in Rust. Or even the wholesale adoption of Rust for newer projects such as uv and ruff. On this episode, we dive into the tools and workflow needed to build these portions of Python apps in Rust with David Seddon and Samuel Colvin.

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Links from the show

Samuel Colvin: github.com/samuelcolvin
David Seddon: github.com/seddonym
David's blog: seddonym.me

Pydantic: pydantic.dev
PEP 0759: peps.python.org
TypeShed: github.com
Maturin: maturin.rs
rloop: github.com
Install Rust: rust-lang.org
Py03: pyo3.rs
The Rust Programming Language (book): https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
Grimp: github.com
Grimp Workflows: github.com
White House recommends memory safe languages: whitehouse.gov
Installing Rust: rust-lang.org
jiter: github.com
import-linter: github.com
Logfire: pydantic.dev
Crabs in Snakes, David Seddon, Pycon Italia: youtube.com
Kraken engineering blog: engineering.kraken.tech
Serde: serde.rs
Mypy stub testing: mypy.readthedocs.io
Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com
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