Profiling Rust Applications: Why it Matters and How to Do It

TLDRLearn the importance of profiling Rust applications and how to do it effectively using sampling profilers. Explore different profiling tools and understand the significance of proving the performance of your software.

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00:09Introduction to the topic and the speaker's background

01:02Results of a survey indicating low usage of profiling tools

03:59Reasons why people don't profile their code

05:55Introduction to sampling profiling and flame graphs

06:32Example of using sampling profiling to identify performance issues

11:00Comparing different code implementations using profiling

12:50Discussion on the performance of a specific library and potential issues

15:53Brief mention of profiling asynchronous code