Rust is a new programming language, aimed at making systems programming reliable, even when dealing with concurrency. Rust, whose development is sponsored by the Mozilla foundation, is gaining many fans who have not previously worked with static, compiled languages. What is it like to work with Rust? And what does it offer that other languages can’t or don’t? In this talk, Alex Burkhart tries to answer these questions, including why the Rust community continues to grow, providing support to newcomers.