About us
Welcome to Women in Rust! We're building a vibrant community where women can come together to learn about, and build our skills in Rust.
🦀 Rust is on a trajectory to revolutionise software development with its unique combination of memory safety, performance, and productivity gains, so whether you're a seasoned Rustacean or just starting your journey, we look forward to you joining us!
đź‘Ą Our meetup group is all about fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where women can connect, collaborate, and grow their skills in Rust. Whether you're interested in web development, systems programming, or diving into the world of embedded devices, there's something here for everyone.
đź’« Our in-person meetups are hosted in the heart of London, just above Oxford Circus. They're hybrid, so if you're based internationally, or aren't able to make it into London you'll be able to join through our online link.
đź’» We'll be hosting regular online Lunch & Learn sessions, where are guest speakers will provide insightful webinars, sharing their own experiences and valuable lessons learned on their journey into Rust programming.
Resources
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/@WomeninRust
đź“š Notion Resources Page
Is Women in Rust only for women?
We set up Women in Rust to foster a more inclusive and diverse Rust community by providing a dedicated space for women to connect, learn, and grow. Our online and in-person events are designed to support this mission. However, we also want to contribute to the wider Rust community, which is why all of our talks will be available to watch on YouTube Youtube after the event. We also welcome you to use our Notion Resources page, where you can find useful articles, reading materials and advice to help you on your journey in learning Rust.
How can I get involved with Women in Rust?
We’re always excited to welcome new contributors! You can get involved by:
- Speaking at our events: Share your expertise or experience with the community.
- Hosting online workshops: Lead interactive sessions to help others learn and grow.
- Spreading the word: Help us reach more people by sharing our events and initiatives.
Simply fill out this form to express your interest: https://surrealdb.typeform.com/to/B2gk7bzz. We’ll be in touch to explore how we can collaborate.Let’s grow together—your involvement makes a difference!
Upcoming events
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Lunch & Learn: Reasoning with Async Rust
·OnlineOnlineJoin us for our next Lunch & Learn: Reasoning with Async Rust.
Talk description:
Reasoning through concurrent systems has always been a challenging task. Poor code can be riddled with race conditions, non-terminating cases and other complex concurrency bugs; and even well-written code can be hard to understand. Async programming is an innovative concurrent programming model that rises to this challenge. In this talk, we'll explore reasoning with async Rust. We'll be introduced to its fundamental building blocks, such as `async`, `await` and `join`, and learn how to predict the behavior of code written with them.Speaker:
Zainab Ali is a functional polyglot and educator. As well as all things functional, she's interested in the art of reasoning through concurrent systems.FAQs
Are there any House Rules?
At SurrealDB, we are committed to providing live and online events that are safe and enjoyable for all attending. Please review our website for more information: https://surrealdb.com/legal/code-of-conductIs Women in Rust only for women?
We set up Women in Rust to foster a more inclusive and diverse Rust community by providing a dedicated space for women to connect, learn, and grow. Our online and in-person events are designed to support this mission. However, we also want to contribute to the wider Rust community, which is why all of our talks will be available to watch on Youtube after the event. We also welcome you to use our Notion Resources page, where you can find useful articles, reading materials and advice to help you on your journey in learning Rust.How can I get involved with Women in Rust?
We’re always excited to welcome new contributors! You can get involved by:- Speaking at our events: Share your expertise or experience with the community.
- Hosting online workshops: Lead interactive sessions to help others learn and grow.
- Spreading the word: Help us reach more people by sharing our events and initiatives.
Simply fill out this form to express your interest: https://surrealdb.typeform.com/to/B2gk7bzz.
We’ll be in touch to explore how we can collaborate. Let’s grow together— your involvement makes a difference!6 attendeesLunch & Learn: The Harness Wore a Trenchcoat - Building a Rust MCP Server
·OnlineOnlineThis talk is from Michelle Rojas, one of the head organizers of Rust NYC, and it addresses the unglamorous problem at the center of every AI agent: how do you give a language model safe access to a real filesystem without also handing it the ability to burn the house down? Michelle will build falcon-mcp live, a sandboxed Rust MCP server exposing tools across five categories (filesystem, cargo, git, prompt-safety linting, and exec) to any MCP-compatible client, including Gemini CLI. The goal is to make every tool call a boring, predictable event instead of an open door.
Attendees will leave with a concrete blueprint for sandbox boundaries (root jail, binary allowlist, read-only mode, per-tool timeouts), an understanding of why a single Rust binary with dual stdio and HTTP transports is the right shape for both local agent harnesses and hosted deployments, and guidance on treating the tool surface exposed to a model as a security boundary, not just an API.
️When: Jun 23, 13:30 - 14.15 GMT, 8.30 - 9.15 ET (please note this is intentionally 30 mins later to accomodate time zones)
Where: Online--
FAQs
Are there any House Rules?
At SurrealDB, we are committed to providing live and online events that are safe and enjoyable for all attending. Please review our website for more information: https://surrealdb.com/legal/code-of-conductIs Women in Rust only for women?
We set up Women in Rust to foster a more inclusive and diverse Rust community by providing a dedicated space for women to connect, learn, and grow. Our online and in-person events are designed to support this mission. However, we also want to contribute to the wider Rust community, which is why all of our talks will be available to watch on Youtube after the event. We also welcome you to use our Notion Resources page, where you can find useful articles, reading materials and advice to help you on your journey in learning Rust.How can I get involved with Women in Rust?
We’re always excited to welcome new contributors! You can get involved by:- Speaking at our events: Share your expertise or experience with the community.
- Hosting online workshops: Lead interactive sessions to help others learn and grow.
- Spreading the word: Help us reach more people by sharing our events and initiatives.
Simply fill out this form to express your interest: https://surrealdb.typeform.com/to/B2gk7bzz. We’ll be in touch to explore how we can collaborate.
Let’s grow together—your involvement makes a difference!4 attendees
Past events
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