June 14, 2025

Rust at Work - conversation with Eli Shalom and Igal Tabachnik of Eureka Labs

1 hour 18 minutes

In this episode, host Gábor Szabó talks to Eli Shalom, Eureka Labs’ Co-Founder and CTO, and Senior Software Engineer Igal Tabachnik about how Rust is powering infrastructure at Eureka Labs - a blockchain company operating in a low-latency, high-throughput environment.

Eureka Labs’ work focuses on advancing the logic of block construction to support more efficient execution and expand the functionality that can be packed into each block’s limited timeframe.

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Timestamps & referenced resources

[@0:00] - The Code-Maven live meeting series on Rust at Work.

[@1:14] - Eli Shalom Co-Founder and CTO of Eureka Labs.

[@2:20] - Igal Tabachnik Senior Software Engineer.

Scala

[@4:00] - About Eureka Labs and the “block builder”.

Blockchain

Ethereum Networks

[@7:10] - What is blockchain? What is block building?

Smart contract

Smart contracts on Ethereum

NP-Hard problem

[@15:00] - Why Rust?

reth

[@25:45] - Ethereum implementation and deployment

Ethereum specs and standards

EIP - Ethereum Improvement Proposals

[@35:06] - How did you get started with Rust?

Scala

Haskell

functional programming

virtual threads / green threads / tokio

Eq trait

Constraints Liberate, Liberties Constrain talk by Runar Bjarnason.

[@48:40] - How do you select the crates you use?

Elm

[@55:03] - How much do you use AI? Which AI tools do you use?

Claude Code

Amp of Sourcegraph

GitHub Co-pilot

ChatGPT

LLMs

Perlexity

JetBrains

[@1:04:05] - What should people do in order to be a better candidate for a job at your company?

Vibe coding

[@1:08:30] - Things to take into account when selecting a language

[@1:10:48] - Training and mentoring new developers

Redis

Learning Rust: The Rust Book.

Live coding streams by Jon Gjengset.

Rust for Rustaceans book by Jon Gjengset.

[@1:16:00] - Final notes

Igal can be contacted on X/twitter @hmemcpy or via email at [email protected]

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Gábor Szabó

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Gábor Szabó

Hosts: Gábor Szabó

...more

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June 14, 2025

Rust at Work - conversation with Eli Shalom and Igal Tabachnik of Eureka Labs

1 hour 18 minutes

Eureka Labs’ work focuses on advancing the logic of block construction to support more efficient execution and expand the functionality that can be packed into each block’s limited timeframe.

Contributing to Rustacean Station

Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor!

Twitter: @rustaceanfm

Discord: Rustacean Station

Github: @rustacean-station

Email: [email protected]

Timestamps & referenced resources

[@0:00] - The Code-Maven live meeting series on Rust at Work.

[@1:14] - Eli Shalom Co-Founder and CTO of Eureka Labs.

[@2:20] - Igal Tabachnik Senior Software Engineer.

Scala

[@4:00] - About Eureka Labs and the “block builder”.

Blockchain

Ethereum Networks

[@7:10] - What is blockchain? What is block building?

Smart contract

Smart contracts on Ethereum

NP-Hard problem

[@15:00] - Why Rust?

reth

[@25:45] - Ethereum implementation and deployment

Ethereum specs and standards

EIP - Ethereum Improvement Proposals

[@35:06] - How did you get started with Rust?

Scala

Haskell

functional programming

virtual threads / green threads / tokio

Eq trait

Constraints Liberate, Liberties Constrain talk by Runar Bjarnason.

[@48:40] - How do you select the crates you use?

Elm

[@55:03] - How much do you use AI? Which AI tools do you use?

Claude Code

Amp of Sourcegraph

GitHub Co-pilot

ChatGPT

LLMs

Perlexity

JetBrains

[@1:04:05] - What should people do in order to be a better candidate for a job at your company?

Vibe coding

[@1:08:30] - Things to take into account when selecting a language

[@1:10:48] - Training and mentoring new developers

Redis

Learning Rust: The Rust Book.

Live coding streams by Jon Gjengset.

Rust for Rustaceans book by Jon Gjengset.

[@1:16:00] - Final notes

Igal can be contacted on X/twitter @hmemcpy or via email at [email protected]

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Gábor Szabó

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Gábor Szabó

Hosts: Gábor Szabó

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