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Should Python Developers Learn Rust? The Career Calculation Behind Python's Rust-Powered Tooling Revolution

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Between 2024-2025, Python's fastest-growing tools (Ruff, uv, and Pyrefly) were all implemented in Rust. This sparked a career question across the Python community: Is learning Rust a strategic move, or a distraction from abundant Python opportunities? Different communities arrived at vastly different answers.

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Nov 28, 2021
r/rust subreddit

Should I learn Rust coming from Python?

Reddit user
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Aug 16, 2022
Bjørn Borud's blog

Please do not use Python for tooling

Bjørn Borud
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Hacker News

Please do not use Python for tooling

bborud (Bjørn Borud), author of "Please do not use Python for tooling"
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Mar 28, 2023
Tea and Bits - Ohad's blog

Making Python 100x faster with less than 100 lines of Rust

Ohad Ravid
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Mar 30, 2023
Hacker News

Making Python faster with Rust

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Apr 23, 2023
Hacker News

Pydantic V2 leverages Rust's Superpowers

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Feb 04, 2024
Python Discourse

Uv - another Rust tool written to replace Pip

Damian Shaw
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Sep 18, 2024
r/learnrust subreddit

Should I learn Rust if I only do web programming and never touch about system programming?

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Jan 05, 2025
Hacker News

Ruff: Python linter and code formatter written in Rust

Hacker News user
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Feb 05, 2025
r/python subreddit

How Rust is quietly taking over the Python ecosystem

Reddit user
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Sep 27, 2025
r/rust subreddit

As a Python/Django developer what would be the benefits of learning Rust

Reddit user
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Oct 14, 2025
Hacker News

Pyrefly: Python type checker and language server in Rust

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