December 6, 2025
Rust be gone, drama’s on
Removed Rust to Gain Speed
Prisma dumps Rust for speed and simplicity — devs cheer, Rust diehards debate
TLDR: Prisma ditched Rust for TypeScript and says the client is 3x faster and much smaller. Comments split: pragmatists cheer the simplicity, Rust fans debate a “complexity tax,” non‑JS devs grumble about dropped language plans, and everyone dunks on the site’s floating panels.
Prisma, the tool that helps apps talk to databases, just waved goodbye to Rust and rebuilt its client in TypeScript—and claims big wins: 3x faster, 90% smaller, and easier cloud deploys. The plot twist? The comment section turned into a tech soap opera. The anti-hype crowd cheered the move as practical, with one user praising Prisma for not “buying corporate hype” and choosing what actually works. A self-described Pro‑Rust fan even applauded the data-driven switch, while another commenter declared Rust a “complexity tax” you don’t need for an ORM, arguing that garbage-collected languages (like JS/TS) are fine for this job.
But the drama didn’t stop there. A sharp-eyed commenter pointed out the tradeoff: Prisma is focusing on JavaScript/TypeScript clients and stepping back from other languages—non‑JS devs are not thrilled, and the side-eye is strong. Meanwhile, folks from Deno were excited, and edge‑hosting fans loved the “no more native addon headaches” angle.
Comic relief? A mini‑riot over the site’s UX, with one user raging that floating panels made the page unscrollable. Memes of “Rust in peace” and “JS gang rises” flooded in, as benchmarks battled with browser rage. The vibe: pragmatism over purity, speed over swagger, and a whole lot of spicy comments. Read the backstory here.
Key Points
- •Prisma migrated the Prisma Client from Rust to TypeScript to improve performance and developer contributions.
- •The Rust-free client delivers a 90% smaller bundle, 3x faster queries, and lower CPU/memory usage, backed by benchmarks.
- •Deployments are simpler for edge environments like Vercel Edge and Cloudflare Workers due to reduced runtime dependencies and footprint.
- •Prisma changed code generation defaults to place client/types in project source code instead of node_modules, improving dev workflows.
- •Prisma launched Prisma Postgres and reported strong adoption, aligning with its December 2024 ORM roadmap and goals for version 6.0.0.