Rustaceans on The Move - The Global Impact of Rust
by Lori Lorusso
Thanks to the 2024 State of Rust Survey we can see that Rust the language is being used in production by developers from all over the world but the globalization of Rust doesn’t stop with users, it also impacts industries. Rust now plays a role in safety-critical automotive systems, aerospace, robotics, cloud-native infrastructure, and embedded devices to name a few. While Rust’s early appeal centered on memory safety and reliability, industry adoption has broadened as organizations recognize Rust’s strong interoperability with existing ecosystems. This has given companies a path to modernize legacy systems, adopt safer codebases, and integrate Rust into architectures without costly redesign. In this talk, we will explore how Rust’s interoperability model, combined with its safety guarantees and growing ecosystem, is driving its rapid global adoption across industries.