Topcoat enables Rust to render server-side web apps

Popular for other uses, Rust isn't typically deployed for web development. With AI here to do the heavy lifting, coders may want to consider the programming language, given its runtime performance and safety guarantees, suggested Carl Lerche , an Amazon Web Services principal engineer, speaking at ScyllaDB’s 2026 P99 virtual conference last week. Lerche was there to demonstrate his latest project, Topcoat , a framework for running web applications written in Rust.