Victor Ciura is a veteran C++ developer who worked on Visual C++ and the Clang Power Tools. In this first episode of season 4, we talk to him about large-scale Rust adoption at Microsoft.

Victor works as a Principal Engineer on the Rust team in Microsoft's Developer Division, building the compiler toolchain and libraries needed for the broader Rust efforts across the organization. He is a regular speaker at conferences like CPPCon and also spoke at EuroRust 2024.

We talk about Microsoft's first steps with Rust, widespread implementation across key products and services, and Hyrum's Law.

About Microsoft

Microsoft is a company that needs no further introduction. From Windows to Azure, Microsoft has a wide range of products and services. A while ago, Microsoft started an initiative to bring Rust into core parts of their ecosystem.

About Victor Ciura

Victor is a well-known C++ expert leading Microsoft's Rust adoption efforts. His work focuses on ensuring Rust interoperates with existing C++ codebases and integrating the Rust compiler and toolchain into the Microsoft ecosystem.

Proudly Supported by CodeCrafters

CodeCrafters helps you become proficient in Rust by building real-world, production-grade projects. Learn hands-on by creating your own shell, HTTP server, Redis, Kafka, Git, SQLite, or DNS service from scratch.

Start for free today and enjoy 40% off any paid plan by using this link.

Links From The Episode

Victor's EuroRust 2024 Talk - Victor's presentation on Microsoft's Rust adoption journey
TockOS - Embedded operating system written in Rust
Google's Fuchsia - Google's open-source operating system with Rust components
Mu - Open Source UEFI implementation in Rust
Caliptra - Hardware Root of Trust implementation
Azure Cloud HSM - Hardware Security Module using Rust
HyperV - Microsoft's Hypervisor
Google Security Study on using Rust - Research on memory safety improvements
COM - The "grandfather of all inter-op technology"
Direct Write Core - Microsoft's text rendering implementation in Rust
Hyrum's Law - Your users will end up depending on all of your observable internal behavior
LWN Article: Rust/Linux fallout - Discussion about Rust integration into the Linux kernel
clippy - Static Analyzer for Rust code
ABI Resilience - Victor's talk at Rust Nation UK
MSBuild - Microsoft's build tool
Miri - An interpreter for Rust's mid-level intermediate representation

Official Links

Microsoft Rust Documentation
Victor Ciura's Blog
Victor Ciura on Bluesky
Victor Ciura on Mastodon
Microsoft Rust Articles

A Short Thought on Throwing Oneself Back Up From the Bottom to Beyond the Top