Presentation: Million PDFs: Building a Modern Document Infrastructure with Rust and Typst
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Rust/Typst for PDF generation in regulated industries offers a modern alternative to legacy tools.
Summary
Erik Steiger presents a serverless Rust architecture using Typst that renders PDFs in under 2ms, replacing legacy Puppeteer and LaTeX pipelines in regulated banking and manufacturing. He applies Git-based template registries and Docker-style immutability to ensure compliance and rapid debugging, solving latency and template management pain points that forced a German bank to overhaul its COBOL-driven document system.