My interest in Rust will be familiar to regular newsletter readers, who might recall my recent story about coming around to Rust.

As a reminder, Rust is:

An open-source, cross-platform language.

Strongly and statically typed, which lets you catch errors during compilation rather than runtime.

Supported by a great package management system called Cargo.

Good at eliminating common sources of bugs and security vulnerabilities found in traditional compiled languages.

Backed by a large and welcoming community that helps learners find answers quickly.

The developer community is ardent about Rust. RedMonk and the TIOBE Index rank it in the top 20 popular languages. Meanwhile, respondents to the 2022 Stack Overflow survey identified Rust as their most wanted technology, alongside Python.

It’s not just a popularity contest, either. Rust’s safety and security features have spurred a tech industry shift toward adopting the language as a mainstream substitute for C and C++.