Rust is being destroyed from the inside

While Rust has earned a dedicated following, it's not without its fair share of controversies and problems. In this video I'll talk about the negative response and backlash from the Rust community in the wake of the most recent controversy, its connections to past incidents, and give my personal thoughts.

Chapters
0:00 Overview
0:46 Rust primary organizations
1:49 The latest incident
4:23 Rust leadership responses
6:20 The backlash
7:15 My personal opinion

[jayshartzer]

Man, Rust Core and Rust Foundation really gave the community a black eye

Let's Get Rusty:

[TheZdannar]

As a person that is advocating and trying to hire rust engineers at the company I work for, these actions are infuriating. They need to remove the folks that are causing the issues and bring back previous members who were run off. It is interesting how poor mgmt can ruin amazing engineering work.

[winb_]

meanwhile me learning Rust for the past 2 weeks

[apidas]

this is embarrassing. to think such organization operate with such pettiness.
this is why we can't have nice things.

[MadTofan]

I spent the last 2 years just sharpening my Rust skill so that I can be a Senior Dev when the industry finally adopts this beautiful language.
It is truly saddening to see the current state of the management team. I do hope that they will bounce back and come back stronger

[Pjiwm]

Watch out using unsafe rust, Ferris took one of Bogdans eyes.

[josephx]

Very unsettling for me who has been learning and loving Rust. I hope your eye will be fine, get well soon.

[etherweb]

This is a classic problem of politics: Problem 1: A Foundation that isn't made up of the core dev team. Problem 2: A "code of conduct" moderator team there to police the devs who are making everything work. Once you add layers such as these you've created an organization of babysitters that don't contribute to the rust language, but feel like they are entitled to tell the core dev team how to do things. Recipe for a failed project.

[zahawolfe]

It feels like there are a couple of key people who are the issue somewhere near the top of the rust leadership who need to go. Unfortunately, the people who are the problem usually force others to leave through their toxicity rather than leaving themselves. I hope whoever or whatever is responsible for these issues is gotten rid of

[linkernick]

Dear Bogdan, get well soon, I hope the eye injury is not too dangerous and you'll recover quickly. 🙏

[farzadmf]

Hope everything is OK with you personally and your eye

[iangrant]

I give the Rust leadership about 6 months before they step on the next proverbial rake. It’s inevitable because the arrogance that led to the two previous scandals (this year!) doesn’t go away without concerted efforts. And I just don’t see them making that effort.

[KirillMavreshko]

Do not worry. Any human collaboration is bound to be messy sometimes. People come and go, different opinions clash with each other, people get into fights, feel insulted, look for someone to blame and so on. This is part of normal life.

What matters, at the end of the day, is the incredible language people still want to use and make better. And for as long as this desire is alive, people will find the way. The dust will settle down, eventually. People will calm down, find an agreement and return to the work they love.

[LiamDennehy]

I'm so thrilled I found Bogdan's channel. He deeply cares about the Rust community and has spent more time than I can comprehend making it better. Keep going! ❤

[PeterVitus-tkvw]

Rust is run by children. This is why I refuse to let my company adopt it. In general we use C or Ada. Both of which are extremely mature languages that have been used in some of the most important firmware on Earth. Integrity matters.

[everythingtube]

“Rust is falling apart”
Later:
“Get your free Rust cheat sheet”

[cabc]

Win for C++. They have an official standards body under the umbrella of ISO. Shiny new thing vs stability of the specs.

[stacklysm]

Rust Foundation really said "Fine, I'll do it myself", and completely ruined the project with most potential in recent times. A round of applause for everyone involved in these stupid, out-of-touch decisions!

[stormz]

I'm learning Rust and I hope I don't waste my time...

[bakasenpaidesu]

Meanwhile I started learning rust 2 days ago ....