Michael Snoyman introduces his upcoming blog series. If this intro is any indicator, Michael’s Rust crash course will be an excellent resource. Here’s a taste, in which he begins to answer the question, “Why Rust?”:

I’m a strong believer in using the compiler to help eliminate bugs. No programming language can eliminate all bugs and even the best designed language will typically need to leave developers plenty of wiggle room to shoot themselves in the foot. Still, there’s significant value in safety and long term maintainability of projects that use languages with this focus.