Go vs Rust: Which To Learn In 2024?

[@SeyyedMohammadLoghmanDastgheyb]

I appreciate that you valued the time of viewers. Fast and clear to the points. good job!

[@KodapsAcademy]

Yeah thanks I try to be as short as possible :)

[@__hz__6983]

One important thing related to jobs. Even if they both pay equal, the number of Rust jobs are minimal at the moment compared to Golang ones.

[@nikkehtine]

I've learned both and didn't regret it. They're very well designed and a joy to use

[@boozy9398]

Which language is more flexable in terms of what you can build with it? Like what are some examples of stuff you built with each and would you do it again?

[@phene-449]

@@boozy9398 rust is more flexible, but that's because it isn't hindered by garbage collection. if for example you wanted to build a game with go that wouldn't be a viable option. for web apps, go is more popular for it's simplicity, but rust has it's own niche for high performance apps and when you want something extremely robust.

[@kevinmcfarlane2752]

@@boozy9398By design, Rust has a wider possible usage scenario than Go. It can do low-level systems programming and embedded plus real-time. Like Go it can also do Cloud dev. But Go is easier and probably more productive for that, plus more mature. Also, bear in mind that, while Google created Go, they are also using Rust for Android and soon for Chromium. That should give you a clue to where the two languages differ.

[@gp390]

Absolutely agree 👍

[@DP-ym4dg]

Yeah? What exactly is well designed about var life time in rust?

[@stefnirk]

Great video. The more languages I learn and get into my field, the more I am starting to take up the position that there are few bad languages, and it does not matter which one you pick. The real question is what kind of problems you want to solve and what language will help you solve those problems in the best way.

[@KodapsAcademy]

Thanks for the kind words, and yeah, I agree with what you say :)

[@kevinmcfarlane2752]

Yes, whenever a new language like Rust appears we tend to get the naysayers - we can do that in X - and the zealots - we should use Rust for everything. In reality, Rust is just another tool in the toolbox that we should pay attention to depending on the types of problems we are working on and whether it can better address the pain points.

[@oliverreviews8496]

@@kevinmcfarlane2752 don't agree here. Rust solves most of the problems all other languages have, go is not an exception. E.g. building simple RESTful api is much more SAFE, EFFICIENT, CONCISE with Rust. I would say with word of inventor of JS, but about Rust: "Everything that can be built with Rust, will be built in Rust". Rn we are living in the era when Rust is pretty young language and is only taking it's field. Rust is different language with it's lifetimes, ownership and borrowing. As soon as you understand these concepts you will never want to comeback to GC collected languages such as Go, C#, Java, Python etc. There's just no point in using these language with such a low cost of learning and understanding Rust. It gives you EVERYTHING that these languages can possibly provide, and even more. There are 2 possible ways: 1. C++ will finally start to be replaced by Rust 2. Rust will still struggle to find his own field and will be still not so widespread language in a daily use. Rn 1st point is much more widespread, than 2nd, but I hope that someday 2nd point will become True.

[@AxelXBrian]

If you've learned Python up to classes, Go is fun learning but i have to take a break from it because I'm also prepping for Java For Junior in Highschool

[@ararabarara]

It doesn't matter how difficult a language is to learn, how inconvenient and frustrating it is, what libraries it has, how fast it compiles and how safe the resulting code is. What matters is how much you earn on it!!!

[@dhavald4359]

it is not always the language that determines developers earning

[@NeytozINF]

I've been c++ programmer for last 18 years mostly in game dev and now I love rust so much

[@kevinmcfarlane2752]

Do you find that, having gotten experience in Rust, you write better C++ code as a result? I’ve heard at least one dev say that.

[@RoastLambShanks]

what about Jai?

[@tko9753]

So, is it a complete replacement for C++? Or there are some areas that Rust cannot beat C++ in?

[@paxvostrum4824]

What is your opinion on Zig and Carbon?

[@sandrinjoy]

go for rust!

[@kelicaleb8001]

😂😂🤥pun intended

[@hubamp161]

😂😂

[@CheezePie]

😂

[@sproutboot]

지렸다..

[@Opelawal]

​​@@realfootball338 and end it with zag😂

[@realfootball338]

I’ve heard that now Rust begins be more popular for bank’s API. It’s safeties allows to better control concurrent operations. Write efficient and safe API for financial transaction’s.

[@HiltonFernandes]

Great video ! Amazing clarity and conciseness. I'll keep it in my "Watch again" playlist.

[@KodapsAcademy]

Thanks for the feedback :)

[@GDScriptDude]

I needed to write code to interface between Godot Engine and a CLI application so I did it with Go initially, and it didn't take long to learn Go and build my solution. But it was another exe file rather than a DLL since Godot doesn't support Go. So recently I have been learning Rust since Godot does support Rust extension libraries, and I am liking it so far even though it is more difficult to get to grips with. I think that the code looks nicer than Go such as for the Error checking. But I would say to learn both languages starting with Go.

[@kshyr811]

Oh yeah, godot-rust was a great experience. I wouldn't use it for prototyping or game jams (well, maybe a skill issue), but I can imagine if you're going for a medium/large game - it will help managing project A LOT. I dunno, it's just so hard to manage scripts and signals for me..

[@j-p-d-e-v]

It seems both are good to learn and acquire as skills. Based on what Im current experiencing while studying Rust, it has steep learning curve specially understanding Ownership and Lifetimes but its true it forces you to write efficient code.

[@fantasypvp]

Ownership itself is pretty easy but lifetimes are truly painful lol

[@j-p-d-e-v]

@@fantasypvp agree for the lifetimes haha.

[@agooodolecoder]

Well then why do the data structures in the standard library of Rust need UNSAFE code to be performant?

[@maqboolurrahimkhan]

First video watching from this channel and quite impressed with style, clarity and content! Keep it up mate

[@michaelbrownnn]

Nice video. Gave a thumbs up. Some editing feedback: the constant "wooshing" sound effects were a bit distracting. Otherwise enjoyed it.

[@KodapsAcademy]

Thanks for the feedback. Finding the balance between entertaining and distracting is always a challenge :)

[@Felixls]

I have 6 years experience with Go and 30 years with C, Rust looks like an enhanced C, I get the value proposition but I just not gonna go back to those kind of things you can build with it. Golang is like you said, the web scale dev of choice.

[@maybenot909]

Thanks for the video! This made me want to try rust to learn a thing or two about memory management since they don't teach it in school (yet).

[@VijayRaj-ij4on]

Thanks for the Video and I'm learning the Go. This year I am sure I'll become a Golang developer

[@zaevu_]

Nice video, right now I'm learning both because they are used to different things, if you are start at programming and want to start with one of this languages I would recommend you to learn Go first. But eventually learn both because they are very modern and they certainly will be used more.

[@SapphireKR]

This is some good content for a channel with only 8k subs! The video was clean, concise, and allowed me to see both sides and allowed me to judge which path was best for me and that too in 6 minutes Needless to say, you've earned yourself a new subscriber!

[@KodapsAcademy]

Welcome along for the ride :)

[@georgemound7098]

HI, Please help me out! Currently I'm machine Learning researcher with Computer science background(I'm undergraduate student) and I just know how to code in python. I want to go for Rust and I don't have any idea about a low-level language although they thought us CPP in university but because of my major(ML), I rather use python for simplicity. Do you see any path for Rust in Machine Learning development? I mean can I use it to make high performance and high speed ml and dl applications? I appreciate any help!

[@adityavarmanmanjunath9311]

Loved the visuals! would really like to see a "Zig vs Rust" comparison.

[@bebobauomy1265]

Go allows you to turn off the GC and use its own assembly language to low level

[@alan-overthenet]

Very good and helpful, thank you.

[@KodapsAcademy]

@@alan-overthenet glad to be of service :)

[@xerofenix]

I used rust and other languages too. If there is error, rust compiler simply suggest you what to do to fix that. Just go for Rust.

[@uranium_beaver]

Short and clear. Good.

[@AlexeiAnisimov]

Brilliant mate, thabks for that !

[@KodapsAcademy]

Glad you liked it :)

[@fernandovenceslauisensee6102]

My manager has a poorly developed code, filled with bugs. He has the mentality of "don't you just enjoy finding and fixing bugs?". He is also extremely disorganized and wants things done fast. If only we were working in Rust, I feel most issues would've been caught before the code even compiled, forcing him to step up his game. That is the reason I am now learning Rust on my own - to eventually replace that spaghetti code with something a little bit better...

[@lalpremi]

Thank you for sharing, I did learn to use Golang very fast, but, RUST needs more time, it is interesting, I did make a few command line tools.

[@klemens_gak]

I'm going with Rust so much, but I'm scare about job. I just can't find job. :((( (not many position, while Go has a lot).

[@tko9753]

So, if someone who is on the same level of mastery in both languages, can’t he do better job in Go use cases with Rust? If not, why?

[@chuka4901]

Go for sure in my case , as DevOps/SRE

[@MrSagarvarule]

For Automation like Test Automation (both web and mobile) or Automating repitative task which language, should I learn?

[@KodapsAcademy]

For automation or repetitive tasks I’d actually recommend Python :D

[@j-p-d-e-v]

Python is actually good for Test Automation. I used Python for Network Automation.

[@vladimirkraus1438]

Rust - difficult language and there are no jobs in it. Go - easy language and there are actually a few jobs. So the choice is obvious.

[@FiroYang]

Java!

[@vladimirkraus1438]

@@FiroYang Yes. For me Java/Kotlin combo is the thing I am going to learn in 2025. I am leaving C++ after some 15 years...

[@JohnJohnson-ch6xq]

Which one is beginer friendly ?😊

[@KodapsAcademy]

React is probably easier to get started with :)

[@ImmigrantCoder]

Been looking for this go and rust comparison.. thanks my man! new sub here🫡

[@KodapsAcademy]

Thanks, and welcome along for the ride :)

[@shivbore6620]

The text popup sound gets irritating after some time. Btw thank you for the Knowledge you shared with us.

[@saravanprathi6956]

Very well articulated, thank you!!

[@KodapsAcademy]

Glad to be of service :)

[@ZenoTasedro]

It's interesting that you describe Go as being friendly. I think that Go is easier to learn, read and understand, but I find the Go compiler very irritating and like a neckbeard constantly telling me "well actually..." Rust is my favorite language but it's hard to learn and I find it inconsistently friendly. It certainly makes it much easier to do hard things, but it can also make it harder to do easy things 😅

[@LibreGlider]

I dont understand how people say Rust isn't friendly. It's almost like they never used it. Not only does the compiler catch errors it gives very helpful error messages and often tells you the exact code you need to change and where to change it to fix the error, instead of some BS stack trace.

[@njengathegeek]

I had to hit the like button three times to show how happy I am 😁 nice explanation

[@Rohitsingh2410]

try working with dates in Golang and tell me its not frustrating . :(

[@MikhailAksenovV]

It is not really frustrating :) Go has problems, but it scales (people-wise) -very- well and it has compatibility guarantees which is important long-term.

[@dhavald4359]

I have learned go and after 5 years life feels boring, so started learning rust for some excitement and challenges in life.

[@DnKZone]

did you find any jobs in any of these languages?

[@Shaunmcdonogh-shaunsurfing]

Both are great languages. Currently using Rust a lot

[@pavana-g4o]

Great content, as always! I need some advice: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

[@tfr]

Wow this video was well written. Great script and great voice for it too. You sound like my English teacher at some points haha Great video mate.

[@KodapsAcademy]

I hope it was a teacher you liked then :D

[@DJ_LSEUM]

Very good video, thank you for your objectivity. Always choose the right tool for the right job!

[@Alberto_Cavalcante]

Great and concise. Thanks for sharing!

[@Hypergraph]

i am getting ready for go in 2024 if i survive. but for the time my answer is assembly unless it has a higly high level requirements. it's no secret that some populer softwares have some assembly code for performance critical calculations like apollo guidance computer. Readability and maintainability was the big decision factor on that. assembly's clean and easily readable syntax encourages good coding practices, making it easier for developers to write and maintain code. This readability can lead to reduced development time and fewer bugs in the long run. so i am going with assemly for now.

[@KodapsAcademy]

Thanks for your input :) Rust’s “zero costs abstractions” mean you are close to assembly level performance, if that helps ? :)

[@anonion6821]

Imho, I feel as if assembly contains too many abstractions, decreasing the understanding I have of my codebase. I prefer to write in binary.

[@kipfitpal]

​@@anonion6821😂😂😂😂

[@gamhcrew556]

@@anonion6821 that's actually very smart choice, I switched to binary few months ago. And I have to say that it was good choice I made.

[@MaxJM711]

Both are amazing options tbf! They both have fields in which they excel in, and learning both can really open up a world of opportunities. Rn my plan is to center my stack around Python, Go and Rust (with some knowledge of C, C++ and Java thrown in there too) and it's been a great experience so far. Can't wait to work on a proper project per each language and try to mix them if possible :)

[@virgileandanurrifqhi8364]

Any information on how to contact you personally? I want to ask you abt the programming that you do

[@MaxJM711]

@@virgileandanurrifqhi8364 Hey there? Tbh rn since I'm in uni I see a slight bit of everything (though mainly focused on the basics) and in my spare time I look at projects I can do. Any question you have I'll gladly answer tho :)

[@marci1270]

Go is basicly the industry standart for modern containerized applications and the cloud and cli tools. Go and Rust are both compiled applications there is basicly no difference in performance, it depends how you design you're programm.

[@_Lumiere_]

Very well presented video!

[@KodapsAcademy]

Thanks :)

[@abdullahilbaki1999]

Am I the only one here who still loves to write code in C, PHP and Shell script?

[@macronchampion]

No

[@aquilafasciata5781]

Go is a better python (speed and syntax) and Rust is just completely different from most anything I’ve used

[@dinesh.p8642]

Employability -> go is clear win

[@Luix]

Why people always compare two so different languages.

[@KodapsAcademy]

Their syntax is very different but there is some overlap in their use cases :)

[@alperaslan.]

I think I will learn first go because I want build api for frontend. And after learn go and some concepts than I will continue to learn rust. Maybe i will mix both of them in some of my projects. Choosing is like a trap for new learners. Go just one of them and be professional is the right thing to do. And mostly jumping another language will be more simple IMO..

[@armanrozika]

if you care about your career in webdev, master typescript, like really master it. I bet your typescript knowledge is still around 15%

[@alperaslan.]

@@armanrozika something like that yeah. But for my current job i working as a backend developer and devops engineer. So i am not into in frontend for now. But someday i will learn 🙂

[@cafe-world]

Thank you so much for sharing your valuable thoughts sir !

[@SandipSJadhav23]

very helpful. Thank you

[@KodapsAcademy]

Glad you liked it :)

[@s4mm1ch324]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@umusilimu]

Go❤

[@willworth9610]

Great video. I gently encourage you to get a pop shield for your microphone. For those of us listening with headphones, it's pretty intense as is.

[@scitechplusexplorer2484]

Rust is love!!!! Also, Rust is spreading its wings into backend development too. And who knows, with time as the language progresses, it may be useful into more areas. No offense, but I tried Go, I didn't like its syntax, its coding style, so I stopped too early(just learned variables and data types). And with the new Rust IDE, RustRover, its breeze to write learn Rust and write code!!!!! I am enjoying Rust, fallen in love with it. Hope I get the job with it too sometime in few years from now.

[@Thekingslayer-ig5se]

Will Rust be useful for ML and data engineers like me ? If yes am ready to invest my time in learning rust

[@rsalmei]

Everybody who gets to learn Rust falls in love with it...

[@bebobauomy1265]

Sorry, could you explain what you mean?@olsuhvlad

[@massimo79mmm]

@@Thekingslayer-ig5se i LOVE rust. but honestly, i saw that the libs are not mature enough for production use in ML. at least, this is MY opinion. i would split my projects i two parts: the "root" of the ML in python, everithing else in rust.

[@Esimaxchannel]

Now I understand, your personality would force you to a specific language and the language you pick would change your personality

[@arunabraham9382]

Well based on salary thing. There is no question that Go makes permormant apps faster to market than Rust. Business more like in the general application realm need this time to market thing. So go is perfecly better than Rust. Rust on the other hand is focused in system programming. Yet there is competition for Rust like Zig, C++ etc in some cases Go. So Rust has big competion on where its focus is.

[@zrxmax_]

so clear, thank!!

[@dinesh.p8642]

Performance nd love -> rust is clear win.

[@pythonfamily]

Great video. thanks a lot bro

[@KodapsAcademy]

Glad to be of service :)

[@markbolt7309]

Which one could actually take over c++ in 2026?

[@RSC2194]

great comparision! i will start with rust!

[@arjunkandaswamy1532]

can you do a video on zig

[@jcbritobr]

I got the two.

[@vittoriuz]

You don't learn Go, you just start writing in it

[@ramessu7976]

Man I hear people say rust is fast but that hard to believe because sol dapps are slow if rust didn’t have security I’ll go with golang and still would just get a good auditor

[@lowLevelCoder99]

I'll go for Rust absolutely and i want to work on Solana blockchain

[@atimney]

You have an incredible voice btw

[@Dreamer66617]

10/10 comparison video

[@Snr.Dev_Ad]

great door you opened!

[@ujjwalsangwan4786]

Reduce the amount of audio effects it would make the video more esthetic

[@shriomtrivedi1276]

Great video. Gonna learn both, GO gonna help me in short run and Rust in the long run. And hell yeah guys lets learn zig.

[@ElektrykFlaaj]

yeah, zig is like the beast. But at the same time I get the impression that it requires the most experience to use out of all three. But maybe it's because I myself dont have much professional experience

[@TheD3adlysin]

Rust has a soft underside. It's error checker. Always lovingly guiding you towards the right answer

[@viktorhugo1715]

in doubt, learn both

[@user-zv9um9pb6w]

They clearly have very different targets projects.

[@realfootball338]

Learn to code, than just code on the language that target platform supports.

[@luyokai]

Let me tell you a secret. Once you go with Rust, you can never go back.

[@PublicAccount0]

what do u mean?

[@JuanGabrielOyolaCardona]

I feel that too, it is better for doing hard things on PC.

[@IvanGOrtolan]

Learn both, win win

[@sitrakaforler8696]

Go helps you Rust forces you to do memory scarcity choices 😂

[@mikeg9b]

Rust is the only memory safe language with no garbage collector.

[@ruixue6955]

3:35 *zero cost abstractions* on Rust

[@chawlagrv]

everything evolves into a crab. Accept it or go home. crablang FTW

[@KodapsAcademy]

No need to get crabby about it ! :P

[@xtraszone]

I prefer Go for high level and zig for low level.

[@awangjeme2531]

Great explanation

[@alfajrdream]

GO is the best.

[@marcomazzoli9172]

Il solito video/articolo che dice che a seconda di cosa ci devi fare, scegli l'uno o l'altro.. niente di più

[@priyamvashi2187]

Informative. thank you

[@KodapsAcademy]

Glad to have been of service :)

[@seand7603]

The learning msterial and supportive community of rust is leaps beyond go. Tour of go could learn a thing from the rust book. Rustlings are great to pair with the rust book. Same with rust by example. Go by example has nothing on that. The rust exercism track is more enjoyable than go but the go one has more mentors. I really like ratatui over bubbletea so rust won for tui needs. I also found rust works better work my brain than go... Go just feels chaotic for some reason. And then there's enums :-)

[@scriptkeeper8243]

Both is the answer. Both

[@alexandruconstantin6535]

Rust is like master Yoda, teaches you how to control the force within

[@connerholden]

If you're trying to find a job, I would not recommend Rust. The overwhelming majority of job listings prefer Go. And out of the Rust ones, most of them are blockchain startups. Consider that any remaining Rust jobs are going to be very competitive. If you don't have professional experience working with Rust, then forget about it. It saddens me to say it, but it's not even close. I've managed to incorporate Rust at my current job for 2+ years now, and while I love it, it's just not marketable. And if you think people will be impressed that your resume has a lot of Rust, the vast majority of people screening your resume are not technical and are only looking to see if you match their position.

[@fabricehategekimana5350]

I took some time to learn Rust because this is a masterpiece of a language. But I was impressed by the simplicity of Go. Now I have both Great video btw. It's rare to see someone talking about the philosophy of a language. Yet, it's one of the fastest way to understand a language

[@marcusrehn6915]

Learn go if you long for the 80s. Learn rust if you have blue hair.

[@kamilziemian995]

Learn C, then Go, then C++, then Rust, then Zig. And Common Lisp!