Going beyond full stack with Rust

Source: Dev.to

Most of us know that Rust can target almost anything – from microcontrollers to desktop apps, servers, and even browser‑based applications. But are these practical use cases, or just proofs of concept that we wouldn’t apply in practice?

I decided to find out.

👉 Let me share my project with you: an on‑desk watch combined with a meteo station.

Features

• World Time – automatic timezone detection + NTP synchronization
• Weather Forecast – two‑day forecast for the current location
• Current Weather – live data from nearby meteo stations
• Fully configurable through an embedded web UI

Implementation (all in Rust!)

• Embedded: Multi‑threaded app built with ESP‑IDF, running on ESP32‑S3 (Xtensa)
• Frontend: Two Leptos apps compiled to WASM, client‑side rendered
• Backend: Two serverless functions built with Spin SDK, deployed to Fermyon Cloud
• Simulator: Built with the help of ratatui, runs in the terminal on x86
• Scripting: Helper tool using the rust-script crate

Source Code

• retro‑clock
• weather‑data‑aggregator