What Alice Ryhl thinks about TypeScript
Software engineer on Google's Android Rust team, a core maintainer of the Tokio async runtime and an adviser to the Rust language team.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Alice Ryhl has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingFor a TypeScript team, Rust belongs on the backend — API servers — and not in the front end.
Their wordsBut okay, so to begin with, I think when it comes to TypeScript, Rust fits in as the backend language. That's where I would put it. I wouldn't use it in the front end. I think it's a pretty good fit for backends, API servers.
↗Why Rust is different, with Alice Ryhlyoutube.com 3rd of 23 in this recording
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Their wordsMy opinion is that the least mature area is front end. There have been some attempts to compile Rust to Web Assembly and then run it on the web as a front end as a replacement for TypeScript. But if I was writing a web server, I would totally use Rust for the back end and TypeScript for the front end. I would not really go the web assembly route.
↗Why Rust is different, with Alice Ryhlyoutube.com 14th of 23 in this recording