Production Rust patterns covering ownership, async Tokio, Axum web framework, SQLx, error handling, CLI tools, WASM, and PyO3 Python bindings
A comprehensive guide to production Rust patterns for 2026. Covers ownership and borrowing mental models, error handling with thiserror/anyhow, async concurrency with Tokio, web services with Axum, database access (SQLx, Diesel, SeaORM), CLI development, WebAssembly, and Python bindings via PyO3. Targets Rust Edition 2024 (1.85.0+).
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Think of ownership like a title deed:
let y = x): You transfer the deed. x is no longer valid.&T): Multiple readers simultaneously, no modifications.&mut T): One exclusive borrower who can modify. No others inside.// Quick pattern reference
fn risky() -> Result<T, E> {
let x = operation()?; // ? operator: early return on error
Ok(x)
}
// Shared mutable state across threads
let data = Arc::new(Mutex::new(vec![]));
let clone = Arc::clone(&data);