Porto Tech Hub Conference

Porto Tech Hub (PTH) is a not-for-profit association of tech companies dedicated to establishing Porto as a global hub of technological excellence. PTH aims to foster and grow the city’s vibrant tech ecosystem, bringing together talent and businesses to showcase the transformative power of technology.

This year, Luciano Mammino will deliver his talk, “Faster/Greener/Cheaper Serverless Compute with AWS Lambda & Rust.”

Talk Description:

Rust is rapidly gaining popularity in software engineering as one of the most loved and fastest-growing programming languages. But what happens when we bring it into the serverless world? Although AWS Lambda doesn’t offer a managed runtime for Rust, it is possible to write Lambda functions in Rust using a custom runtime. In this talk, I’ll share why you should consider doing so and explore the advantages in terms of cost savings, performance, greener computing, developer experience, and bug resilience.

You’ll learn about the necessary tools and a straightforward approach to getting started. We’ll cover everything from local scaffolding and testing to deployment, remote testing, and integrating with your favorite infrastructure as code tools. Finally, we’ll discuss benchmarks comparing Rust to other runtimes to highlight its benefits.

Join us to uncover the full potential of Rust in serverless environments and see how it can transform your AWS Lambda functions. Whether you’re looking to boost performance, reduce costs, or improve your development workflow, this session will provide you with the insights and tools you need to get started. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and elevate your serverless game!