Maintaining the Rust Community
summary
Argues that retention hinges on concrete practices: intentional RFC transparency (decisions linked to public threads), curriculum and examples tied to learners’ prior languages, and localized entry points like Rust Bridge workshops (typical size 5–30) that pair high student TA ratios. Recounts building a small conference, StarCon, and having it run again the next year. Calls for contribution workshops, CTF-style events, and more language-specific examples in the Rust Book and Rust by Example to widen participation.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:58a story!
- 5:11it still felt like a really steep curve
- 9:39the RFC process
- 12:03this is going to get harder.
- 13:51rust is no longer a community of hobbyists
- 15:09diversity
- 16:07how did we get here?
- 17:38points of entry into rust
- 19:28create your own point of entry into rust
- 20:45i love conferences
- 21:36small events have power
- 23:33run a rustbridge event in your city
- 24:04but why stop there?
- 25:01run a rust event that hasn't been run before
- 26:31run a rust conference!
