<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true">The author shares their experience with the Hyperlane Rust HTTP framework encountered on GitHub.They were intrigued by Hyperlane's performance metrics and decided to use it for a distributed systems course project.Hyperlane's Context abstraction simplifies accessing request methods with concise code.The framework offers method macros for routing and handling various HTTP methods like GET, POST, DELETE.The author highlights the importance of specifying the async keyword for route handler functions.The author explores Hyperlane's response handling mechanisms, including retrieving responses, setting status codes, and sending responses.They note the distinction between maintaining connections with send() and closing immediately with send_once().Hyperlane's middleware workflow, known as the 'onion model,' is explained using diagrams in the official documentation.The author attempts to implement a logging middleware to demonstrate the middleware concept.