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Why we rewrote WAL-G for Postgres backups in Rust: Meet WAL-RUS

How we built WAL-RUS, an open-source Rust-based Postgres backup tool that reduces virtual memory usage by over 70% compared to WAL-G while maintaining full compatibility.

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