Unlocking Rust’s Power through Mentorship and Knowledge Spreading - with Tim McNamara

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Tim McNamara, Rust expert and author of “Rust in Action” (www.amazon.de/Rust-Action-Tim..., and Marco Otte-Witte, Founder of Mainmatter, discuss the common misconception that Rust is difficult to learn and highlight its role in conserving resources and other advantages over dynamic languages.
Tim also emphasizes the importance of spreading Rust knowledge throughout an organization to promote successful integration and prevent reliance on isolated groups of Rust developers.
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🦀 TIMESTAMPS 🦀
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Start of the interview
02:06 - Tim’s role at AWS
04:36 - Tim’s reasons for learning Rust
05:36 - Rust in Action
07:38 - How hard is it to learn Rust?
14:28 - Reasons companies are holding back from adopting Rust
24:30 - Rust’s type system and maintainability
37:09 - Dependencies in Rust
41:40 - Energy savings with Rust
48:48 - Tim’s approach to pitching Rust
55:00 - Overcoming concerns around Rust adoption
56:15 - Recruitment strategy for Rust
57:52 - Knowledge spreading
01:03:20 - Conclusion

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