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RustConf 2020 Links
- nicolashahn 6y agoThe talks themselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESXMg9OzWrQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESXMg9OzWrQ
- secondcoming 6y agoI had the misfortune of randomly skipping to the 'Rust wants to be political' presentation.
- smolder 6y agoAll of that was fine with me except for the weird use of "redistribute", as in "rust wants to redistribute the power of systems programming", which I don't think is an appropriate use of the word. It implies there is a limited pool of "systems programming power" to distribute, which doesn't make sense. Empowerment means giving people power, but the power isn't taken from somewhere else in this case.
- jcpst 6y agoI think it’s worth considering the meaning in this case, especially since all of the language was so intentional in that segment. Languages and systems are tied to communities and ecosystems. I would say that the core developers if various kernels and OSes wield a lot of power. A community designed to be inclusive should be a part of that. It really is political, you can draw lines between this and what’s currently happening in America with the mainstream acknowledgment of systemic racism. Power needs to be redistributed in that scenario too.
- smolder 6y agoI stand by my criticism there. Systems programming is not a hierarchical thing, anyone can do it without stepping on anyone else's toes. Just build something. You can give people the power without taking it from anywhere. Is software dev political? Sure. But "Redistribute" as in "redistribute systems programming power" doesn't make sense. If you mean you want to redistribute decision making power with respect to linux kernel development or something specific like that, that's entirely different.
- fluffything 6y agoI skimmed through the talks and the content seems to be more focused at PMs evaluating using Rust than at Rust programmers themselves. I don't think I learned anything.
- dgellow 6y agoThat’s my experience with most conferences
- mindv0rtex 6y agoI agree. The talks were very light on content. This is was my first RustConf and I guess my expectations of PL conferences were mostly shaped by CppCon, which is overwhelming in the exactly opposite way.
- stblack 6y agoI think the slides for "Error Handling Isn't All About Errors", by Jane Lusby (https://yaah.dev/rustconf https://yaah.dev/rustconf), are substantive and on-point. A case of the exception proving the rule, here? That said, conference session videos are typically much less informative than the papers. Certainly the content per unit time required is lower in video.
- jcpst 6y agoI actually felt like I learned a lot. Not so much technical stuff, but more about how intentional the community is designed. It made me feel proud to be part of a group that is all about empowering the people that need it most. People that are typically marginalized. How values aren’t an option; how deciding not to have values is itself a value choice. The whole event made me even more excited about Rust, and building in an ecosystem that is very explicitly inclusive.
- nestorD 6y ago> It made me feel proud to be part of a group that is all about empowering the people that need it most. People that are typically marginalized. I love the diversity visible in RustConf speakers (and I often wonder how much of it is by design).