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Lily Mara explains a methodology for restructuring functions through the Foreign Function Interface (FFI) to move specific parts of Python to Rust using PyO3, while preserving the existing application and reducing the risks of a wholesale rewrite. The experiment shows that function-level speedups can exceed 100 times, while the improvement in the overall HTTP test reached only about 15%, highlighting the importance of system-level measurement.