Blog post: Thirteen years of Rust and the birth of Rue by Steve Klabnik

Steve Klabnik

Steve Klabnik reflects on 13 years of using Rust and announces Rue, a new programming language he's building as a hobby project. He discusses how AI tools like Claude have made solo language development more feasible without large teams or funding. The project is in early stages and intentionally kept as a personal endeavor rather than a community-driven effort.

Thirteen years of Rust and the birth of Rue

<p>This is a refreshing take. It’s interesting how AI shifts the feasibility of solo projects—not by replacing expertise, but by lowering the coordination and boilerplate costs that once required teams. Keeping Rue intentionally personal also feels honest; not every language needs to become an ecosystem to be meaningful.</p>
