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How we didn't pick Rust

Rust vs Quarkus vs C++. A story of why Floe did not pick Rust and how we went about making that decision.

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Morgane

Morgane·Jan 19, 2026 9:41:29 AM

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How we made geo joins 400× faster with H3 indexes

Using H3 indexes to greatly speed up geospatial SQL Queries. Orders of magnitude improvements can be gained with the right data structures

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Maxence

Maxence·Jan 19, 2026 9:41:44 AM

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Java,

Rust

How we didn't pick Rust

Rust vs Quarkus vs C++. A story of why Floe did not pick Rust and how we went about making that decision.

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Morgane

Morgane·Jan 19, 2026 9:41:29 AM

Engineering,

Java

URI and Paths in Java - A painful lesson

How to parse URI, URL and Paths with Java. The pitfalls and the best practise

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Alex

Alex·Jan 19, 2026 9:40:52 AM

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