--- title: #WhatsApp has rewritten its media handling library in... description: WhatsApp rewrote its media handling library in Rust, reducing the codebase from 160,000 lines of C++ to 90,000 lines while adding memory safety protections.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/whatsapp-has-rewritten-its-media-handling-library-in-rustlang-the-result-the-codebase-dropped-f-u18q9ciwa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: #WhatsApp has rewritten its media handling library in #RustLang! The result❓ The codebase dropped from 160,000 lines of C++ to 90,000 while adding robust memory safety protections. 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