The Typesystem Years - As the typesystem grows, more and more moves from the language to the libraries. - Distributed leadership (no single dictator) The Typesystem Years - March 2014: RFC process begins - for introducing "significant" language changes - even the core team goes through this process The Release Yearsh - The language will change in backward-compatible way - Continual pushing the boundaries of what's possible -- It's not about the language, it's about the [ecosystem/tooling/stability/community] - A new 1.x every six weeks (which is very aggressive) - Semver means painless upgrades - Additive change is the way to go - Build every crate on crates.io as part of the release process Community: - We have a code of conduct. Treat each other like humans. It's just a software