I refuse to let Amazon define Rust

Re:I refuse to let Amazon define Rust by nickm12 on Monday September 13, 2021 @04:57PM (#28516786)

This is a misunderstanding. Amazon and AWS use "tenets" as a tool for focusing and aligning a team on what it values. The Rust Principles are an application of that tool for the Rust project, not adopting the exact same tenets that teams at Amazon/AWS use. See this 90 second video for a quick rundown of how tenets are used.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5raEKA57PMY

(Disclosure, I'm an Amazon employee and am familiar with how Amazon uses Tenets for teams)

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Re:I refuse to let Amazon define Rust by vjust on Monday September 13, 2021 @06:17PM (#28517622)

AWS tenets are good for AWS. Rust has its own tenets. Both should be kept separate.

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Re:I refuse to let Amazon define Rust by nickm12 on Monday September 13, 2021 @08:00PM (#28518471)

Yes, that is exactly what is happening here! When the Rustacean Principles were created, Niko said in his blog post[1] that the idea of creating principles was inspired by AWS. Not that the principles themselves were taken from AWS.

Writing tenets is a tool, like making a checklist is a tool. You can use the idea of making a checklist without using the checklist items.

[1] https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2021/09/08/rus...

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