Rust for Cloud Architects: Build High-Performance Microservices, Reduce AWS Costs, and Design Scalable Backends with Axum and Tokio

By Viktor Arroyo.

Modern cloud systems demand speed, safety, and efficiency-and Rust delivers all three. Rust for Cloud Architects is a practical, production-focused guide to building cloud-native microservices with Rust, Axum, and Tokio.

This book shows how to design async-first backends, structure scalable APIs, and apply Rust's memory safety and concurrency model to eliminate entire classes of bugs before they reach production. You'll learn how to build resilient services, manage configuration and secrets, implement graceful shutdowns, secure service-to-service communication, and optimize performance for real AWS workloads.

Beyond code, the book focuses on architecture and operations. You'll explore load patterns, bottlenecks, concurrency limits, CI/CD pipelines, safe deployment strategies, and cost-aware scaling approaches. Every concept is tied directly to real-world cloud systems, helping you move from design to reliable production services.

Whether you're a backend engineer or a cloud architect adopting Rust, this book gives you a clear path to building fast, secure, and scalable microservices that perform under pressure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GHF54S5H
• ISBN13: 9798244277951
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"