Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Podcast Series · Members of Technical Staff at the Software Engineering Institute

The Benefits of Rust Adoption for Mission-and-Safety-Critical Systems

·20 min·1 clip
Vaughn Coates argues that increasing Rust adoption requires changing institutional culture, not just technical solutions.
An SEI podcast interview where DevOps engineer Vaughn Coates discusses the benefits of adopting the Rust programming language for mission-and-safety-critical systems. He shares his personal journey with Rust, explains how it eliminates memory vulnerabilities common in languages like C++, and addresses cultural and institutional barriers to wider adoption.
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