What do Rust, C, and C++ all have in common besides curly braces? Why do we say that "Rust is a systems programming language"? How is firmware made, and what the heck is it anyway?

Brian Schwind (Engineer at tonari) talks about how he built his own keyboard and developed the firmware in Rust. Watch to learn about the world of embedded programming that's hiding in plain sight everywhere around us, and how Rust can help you tap into it!

In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, bundlers play a crucial role in optimizing application performance. Rspack, a Rust-based bundler, has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional tools. This presentation will delve into the intricacies of Rspack, exploring its architecture, key features, and performance advantages. By the end, you will have a solid understanding of how to harness Rspack's power to create high-performance web applications.

Rust's ecosystem is known for its speed, efficiency, and type-safety. In this hands-on workshop we'll start by setting up a high-performance GraphQL server, all the way to a WASM-powered frontend client. We'll see how the various components interact seamlessly, and understand how Rust provides an edge with its efficiency. We'll add an exciting twist - a face-off between our Rust full-stack app and a traditional JS app, using compelling benchmarks, to see if the juice is worth the squeeze. Are you ready to explore the robustness of Rust in full-stack GraphQL applications? Join me in this exciting journey!

How does an async runtime work? And more importantly, why bother with async at all? Is it worth the trouble and added complexity?

Async is arguably one of Rust's most complex and least understood features. As a wise man once said: "Async Rust is Rust on hard mode".

Eylon Levi will be our guide through this maze. In the process of writing a small async runtime, he'll help you explore and learn the inner workings of the system. This way, you will truly understand how async works, and will be able to use it confidently in your own code when you need to.

Follow along with the code here:
https://github.com/honzuki/async-rust-talk