From Electron, to WASM, to Rust (aaand back to Electron)

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Describes migrating a MongoDB GUI component (a schema parser) from JavaScript to Rust, compiling it to WebAssembly for use inside an existing React app running in Electron, and deploying that combined Electron+WASM+Rust solution to production. Covers integrating Rust/WASM with Node.js-based backend calls to MongoDB, the performance gains achieved, and practical issues and fixes encountered during the conversion and deployment.

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