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Some great points there.

I have multiple goals here.

Goal #1 is to demonstrate how Rust can be effective at data science / analytics and evangelize a bit.

Goal #2 is to have fun trying to build some of this myself and improve my skills as a software engineer.

Goal #3 (getting a little more vague now) is to ensure that in some hypothetical future I can get a job working with Rust instead of JVM/Apache Spark.

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Got it. Fun side project then! Good luck. Rust does seem like a good fit for something like this.

I think the hard-ass responses in the thread (all unwarranted) simply misunderstand the goals.

FWIW, I'm keeping your name in the back of my head for when my current company inevitably fails at their big data revolution. Biggest product produces 10-15 PB/day that must be processed. Our existing solution is 20 years old and relies on navigating C code with function line counts on the orders of 10k. Rust would've saved me a lot of time from living in gdb.

Really enjoyed the article. Keep it up!

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