A systems programming language that runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety. (more…)

…or: Is Rust webscale? In this day and age, no language can really make an impact anymore unless it enables its programmers to harness the power of the Internet. Rust is no different here. Despite posing as a true systems language (as opposed to those onl... (more…)

The usage of Rust started as an experiment at Sentry but became a non negligible part of our infrastructure. This is lessons learned, what works and doesn't ... (more…)

Over the last few weeks incremental compilation has reached a level stability and performance where we think it is ready for more widespread testing. We invite everyone who is already using the nightly version of Rust to switch the feature on and enjoy th...

The 1st year anniversary of my first line of Rust code is coming up, and it’s getting for 5 years since I wrote my first line of Scala code. I thought it would be a good idea to summarise my Scala-tinted perspective of The Rust Experience TM, one year on. (more…)