Data Serialization in Rust with Serde

Luis Soares
Dev Genius
6 min readOct 4, 2023

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In our digital age, data is the lifeblood of countless applications. But there’s a tiny secret behind the scenes: the art and science of data conversion. Think about it — how does data smoothly transition from complex structures to a neat, shareable format and back? Enter the world of serialisation.

If you’re working with Rust, one hero in this realm stands head and shoulders above the rest: Serde

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