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Ruby is a high-level, interpreted programming language designed for quick, simple coding and development, and is often used by teams for web backends and APIs, as well as for other projects where features need to be deployed quickly. Ruby powers 6.6% of all websites with a known server-side programming language. Rust is a compiled systems programming language focused on speed and memory safety, chosen for services, infrastructure, and software that require stability and efficiency.

The Infrastructure teams have had to continuously improve current systems to make them faster, safer, and more reliable. With the growth of cloud services, the complexity of applications, and the demand for low-latency processing, engineering teams still need the best tools and languages to build these systems. The traditional languages that have been used for decades to power system-level development, i.e., C, C++, and Java, have long been the standard. But as software system complexity becomes unsustainable, the factors that limit safety, memory management, and concurrency are becoming increasingly obvious.