Name: Rust: The First 10 Years Were the Easiest
Start: 2026-09-10T11:00:00-0400
End: 2026-09-10T11:40:00-0400

Rust: The First 10 Years Were the Easiest

Thursday September 10, 2026 11:00 - 11:40 EDT

Palais des Congrès de Montréal

We spent more than 10 years proving that Rust works. We focused on memory safety, async, and moved from a niche experiment to the Linux Kernel.

But building a revolution was easier than maintaining a global standard. As we head toward 2027, the "honeymoon" phase is over, and we are now facing the real challenges: managing decentralized governance, navigating corporate pressure, continuously evolving the language without breaking everything, and addressing technical debt.

This session is a reality check on what happens when a language as disruptive as Rust becomes the establishment. Let’s skip the basics and focus on the system issues that will define the next 10 and more years of Rust. You thought the climb was hard, but now the real game begins.

Speakers

Francesco Ciulla

Head of DevRel, Zerops

Francesco is a developer, runner, teacher and speaker, based in Rome, Italy. He's on Twitter too much and loves making videos on YouTube.
From 2017 to 2021, he worked as a Fullstack Developer at the European Space Agency on the Copernicus project.
By 2021, Francesco decided to quit... Read More →

Thursday September 10, 2026 11:00 - 11:40 EDT
Palais des Congrès de Montréal

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