Rust Gdańsk Meetup #5

I have recently attended another Rust Gdańsk Meetup and it was a blast!

The meetup took place in Air Space Intelligence, a company that specializes in air related software. They have a really nice office and the atmosphere was great. There was a lot of food and drinks, many of which were non-alcoholic, which was a very important for me personally.

Presentations

During the meetup there was only one presentation given:

• Learning Rust with relational algebra by Artur Pawelczyk

The presentation was focused on learning Rust by implementation of relational database in Rust. The presentation, despite not being as good as the ones I have seen in the previous meetups, was quite interesting and gave a lot of interesting insights into Rust’s way of writing code. I think it was also a great opportunity for the presenter to expand his oratory skills and I hope he will continue to do so.

Networking

As usually during the meetup I am not very good at networking, but during the activities such as quizzes and discussion-time I managed to talk to a few people. I hope to get better at this in the future and practice more during the next meetup, which will take place next week.

Summary

I think the meetup was great and I am looking forward to the next one. I was really impressed by the office of Air Space Intelligence and I hope that they will continue to host the meetups in the future. Given my current experience and student status, I don’t think I would be able to work there (I would really like to though!) but I am sure that it is a great place for people who are more experienced and are looking for a job. The Rust meetup community is really great and I am happy to attend these meetups.

I hope to use this motivation towards Rust to continue my learning and maybe even try to work on my Advent of Code solutions in Rust this year. I think it would be a great opportunity to learn more about the language and its features. If you are wondering if this meetup is worth attended, I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is interested in Rust and is looking for a community to learn from and share their knowledge with.