Rust
memory-safe programming language without garbage collection
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Videos Mentioning Rust

OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet - Peter Steinberger | Lex Fridman Podcast #491
Lex Fridman
Programming language used for memory/performance-oriented parts of the stack.

A brief history of programming...
Fireship
Systems language designed for safety and performance, seen as a successor in some domains.

The "Normsky" architecture for AI coding agents — with Beyang Liu + Steve Yegge of SourceGraph
Latent Space
One of the programming languages now being used in Sourcegraph's AI stack.

The Story of VALORANT | Making a Modern FPS Masterpiece
a16z Deep Dives

E112: Is Davos a grift? Plus: globalist mishaps, debt ceilings, TikTok's endgame & more
All-In Podcast
The film set where Alec Baldwin was involved in a fatal shooting, leading to manslaughter charges.

Charles Isbell and Michael Littman: Machine Learning and Education | Lex Fridman Podcast #148
Lex Fridman
A modern programming language mentioned as a newer language being invented.

SF Compute: Commoditizing Compute
Latent Space
The primary programming language used at SF Compute, though they are open to engineers with strong Linux backgrounds.

The Creators of Model Context Protocol
Latent Space
The language used for the Zed integration, for which MCP SDKs were built, alongside TypeScript and Python.

GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots | Lex Fridman Podcast #327
Lex Fridman
A programming language in which the 'butt plug' library (for controlling sex toys) is written, with Python wrappers available.

Chris Lattner: Compilers, LLVM, Swift, TPU, and ML Accelerators | Lex Fridman Podcast #21
Lex Fridman
A multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language designed for performance and safety, which uses LLVM as its backend.

Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #109
Lex Fridman
A modern programming language that Brian Kernighan would like to learn but found challenging due to rapidly changing documentation and an unfamiliar memory management model.

Bjarne Stroustrup: C++ | Lex Fridman Podcast #48
Lex Fridman
A programming language that has adopted RAII (Resource Acquisition Is Initialization), indicating a convergence of principles across different language designs.

What is Bootstrapping Anyway? - Computerphile
Computerphile

DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474
Lex Fridman

Information Theory for Language Models: Jack Morris
Latent Space
A programming language integrated with Python in the development of Mojo.

Zed Agents — with Zed Cofounders Nathan Sobo & Antonio Scandurra
Latent Space
The programming language used to engineer the Zed IDE from scratch, contributing to its performance.

Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #341
Lex Fridman
A programming language mentioned as a point of comparison for general programming, high performance, and curly brace syntax.

John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets | Lex Fridman Podcast #309
Lex Fridman
A modern programming language mentioned by Carmack, which he has limited experience with but is widely discussed for its safety and performance features.

The AI Architect: Bret Taylor
Latent Space
Memory-safe programming language, seen as a better choice than C or Python for safety and efficiency in an AI-generated code world.

⚡️Warp 2.0: the Agentic Development Environment - Zach Lloyd and Ben Holmes
Latent Space
The programming language in which Warp is built, noted to be over a million lines of code.

E27: The Great Inflation Debate, Amazon gets spicy on Twitter, rethinking supply chains & more
All-In Podcast
Not mentioned in transcript.

Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #250
Lex Fridman
A multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language. Peter Wang notes that some Python 2 users migrated to Rust during the Python 2 to 3 transition and never looked back.

How To Get The Most Out Of Vibe Coding | Startup School
Y Combinator
A programming language for which friends of the speaker had less success using AI, attributed to a lack of online training data compared to Ruby on Rails.

Work at a Startup Expo 2019
Y Combinator
A systems programming language used in LogDNA's tech stack, known for performance and safety.