Complete implementation and best practices for Rust Axum graceful shutdown

Rust Axum Graceful Shutdown, The Ultimate Guide: Fix the pitfall 99% of engineers hit

Master graceful shutdown for Rust Axum services: listen for SIGINT/SIGTERM, refuse new connections with with_graceful_shutdown, stop background tasks via CancellationToken, set timeouts, and integrate with Docker/Kubernetes termination — protect data integrity and user experience.

August 17, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Rexai Programming

Rust unsafe isn’t a toy — it’s a blood oath: 6 YOLO mistakes that will blow up your code

Don’t treat unsafe like a get-out-of-jail-free card. With practical examples, this article dissects 6 common unsafe pitfalls: silencing the compiler with duct tape, dereferencing random raw pointers, violating borrow rules inside unsafe, reinventing wheels, abusing unsafe impl, and skipping Safety comments — helping you build the right risk mindset and usage patterns.

August 13, 2025 · 6 min · 1278 words · Rexai Programming
Rust async is compiled into a state machine and driven by Future, poll, and Waker

Rust Async State Machine, Unmasked: How Future, poll, and Waker Really Work

A practical deep dive into Rust async: why calling an async function doesn’t run it, how the compiler turns async into a state machine, and how executors drive tasks forward with poll and Waker. Understand the real mechanics behind async/await.

August 10, 2025 · 4 min · 770 words · Rexai Programming
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