Rust Vs. Go: Building a Container Network Stack From Scratch - Matt Heon & Shivang K Raghuvanshi

This talk explores the decision-making process behind choosing Rust over Go for building the Podman team's container network stack, Netavark and Aardvark. Speakers Matt Heon, core maintainer of Podman, and Shivang K Raghuvanshi, an LFX mentee, discuss the practical reasons for this choice, the advantages Rust offers, and the tradeoffs involved in switching languages. They also address the impact of mentorship in open source, highlighting how collaborative efforts can effectively resolve challenges within a critical network stack.