There are big pushes in pretty much every direction. The projects that really stand out to me are pyo3 (Replace c++ python modules with rust), Dioxus (react-like web framework), The ferrocine qualified compiler (automotive)

I think right now the ecosystem is pretty ripe and with DARPA TRACTOR there are only more and more reasons every day to put rust on your toolbelt.

I am secretly hoping that eventually we break free from the cycle of "hire a senior dev and he likes rust so the company switches" over to hey let's hire some good mid-level and junior rust developers

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Wobbles42 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Are mid level and junior developers being hired anywhere for any reason right now? I don't mean specifically rust developers. I mean software developers.

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throwaway27448 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure. There was an article a week or two ago about IBM aggressively hiring juniors. Of course the fact that is noteworthy probably means something in itself....

	▲	red-iron-pine 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		IBM is also not known for holding on to bodies -- IBM layoff stories abound. a glut of junior hires now does not a pretty picture make in the long-term sense