EuroRust 2023 Reflections: What's a Conference For?

63 · Armin Ronacher · Oct. 14, 2023, 11:32 p.m.
I very rarely write recaps of conferences but this time around I could not resist. This is for a lot of reasons. To kick things off, quite a bit of what was on my mind relates quite directly to a perception of a general negativity in the Rust community that I share. Most specifically this quote by Adam Chalmer: Rustconf definitely felt sadder and downbeat than my previous visit. […] I felt like this year's conference was defensive and maybe somewhat depressed. I wanted to give the spirit of R...