Why I'm moving from C# to Rust for High-level Apps

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In this post we discuss why I'm moving to building primarily in Rust from C# and F#, how I made this decision, and how it's going so far. Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-02_moving-csharp-to-rust If you want to see how I build webapps with Rust, checkout CloudSeed my fullstack project boilerplate - https://cloudseedrust.com/ You can get my full agentic AI engineering workflows from the HAMY LABS example repo - https://github.com/HAMY-LABS/hamy-labs-code-examples/tree/main/artificial-intelligence/2026-01_claude-snapshot/.claude - This is available to all HAMINIONS Members - https://hamy.xyz/blog/haminions Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Why am I looking for another programming language? 04:30 - Why Rust? 13:00 - Why Rust over C# / F#? Links: - High-Level Rust: Getting 80% of the Benefits with 20% of the Pain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHPgvhnm7k - The Missing Programming Language - Why There's No S-Tier Language (Yet) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJXv0BjFFCc - CloudSeed Rust - A Fullstack Rust Boilerplate for Building Webapps in Minutes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2G_a1ZgdEY About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems. Connect with me: - Website: https://hamy.xyz - Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/ - Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY - BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social - Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/ # Support the Channel If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions Supporters get: * Full source code access from courses / tutorials * Exclusive discounts on products / courses Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing! Additional ways to support: * YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!) * Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors * Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/