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+title = "RustConf 2021"
+date = 2021-10-09T08:33:11+10:00
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+[extra]
+#updated = 2020-06-19T09:30:00+10:00
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+
+A few weeks ago I got up at 2:30am and attended virtual [RustConf
+2021][RustConf]. The pre-recorded talks were live-streamed and there was a
+dedicated Discord server for discussion and Q&A while the talks ran. It was
+overall well organised and a good experience. All the talks were interesting
+and well executed.  The Discord chat was fun but I'm not sure it added a lot to
+the _value_ of my experience.
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+I think if you had a talk that you were particularly interested in, being
+present for the conference and having direct access to the speaker might be
+valuable. Alternatively it seemed that for folks newer to the language the chat
+provided easy access to a lot of people to answer questions and provide
+explanations. With this in mind, in the future I think I'll probably stick to
+watching the videos after they're posted to YouTube (and not mess with my
+sleep). Having said that, they plan to return to an in-person conference (in
+Portland) next year.
+
+My favourites were:
+
+- [Deadlocked](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnYQKWs_7EA&list=PL85XCvVPmGQgACNMZlhlRZ4zlKZG_iWH5&index=2) by Mara Bos
+- [The Importance of Not Over-Optimizing in Rust](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV5CjUlcqsw&list=PL85XCvVPmGQgACNMZlhlRZ4zlKZG_iWH5&index=4) by Lily Mara
+- [Identifying Pokémon Cards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLy_YF4nmqQ&list=PL85XCvVPmGQgACNMZlhlRZ4zlKZG_iWH5&index=5) by Hugo Peixoto
+- [Hacking rustc: Contributing to the Compiler](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9SO2u6Q20&list=PL85XCvVPmGQgACNMZlhlRZ4zlKZG_iWH5&index=12) by Esteban Kuber
+
+You can watch all the talks in the [RustConf 2021 playlist on YouTube][playlist].
+
+The best thing about Esteban's talk may have been this exchange on Discord:
+
+{{ figure(image="posts/2021/rust-conf/speed.png", link="posts/2021/rust-conf/speed.png", width=357, alt="Screenshot of Discord chat in which someone suggests that Esteban sounds like he's speaking at 1.25×. Esteban replies saying that the talk was a couple of minutes over the 15 minutes allocated so he sped it up. One of the conference staff, replied that they would have happily given him the extra couple of minutes.", caption="People are really good at detecting sped up speech.") }}
+
+[RustConf]: https://rustconf.com/
+[playlist]: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL85XCvVPmGQgACNMZlhlRZ4zlKZG_iWH5
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