Brainstorming Async Rust's Shiny Future

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On March 18th, we announced the start of the Async Vision Doc process. Since then, we’ve landed 24 “status quo” stories and we have 4 more stories in open PRs; Ryan Levick and I have also hosted more than ten collaborative writing sessions over the course of the last few weeks, and we have more scheduled for this week.

Now that we have a good base of “status quo” stories, we are starting to imagine what the “shiny future” might look like. We want your help! If you have a great idea for Async Rust1, then take a look at the template and open a PR! Alternatively, if you have an idea for a story but would like to discuss it before writing, you can open a “shiny future” issue. Also, we would still love to get more “status quo” stories, so please continue to share those.

When writing “shiny future” stories, the goal is to focus on the experience of Rust’s users first and foremost, and not so much on the specific technical details. In fact, you don’t even have to know exactly how the experience will be achieved. We have a few years to figure that out, after all.

Every “shiny future” story is a “retelling” of one or more “status quo” stories. The idea is to replay the same scenario but hopefully with a happier ending, as a result of the improvements we’ve made. If you don’t see a “status quo” story that is right for telling your “shiny future” story, though, that’s no problem! Write up your story and we’ll figure out the “status quo” story it addresses. There is always the option of writing a new “status quo” story, too; we are still requesting “status quo” and “shiny future” stories, and we will do so right up until the end.

Get the full details here: Brainstorming Async Rust's Shiny Future | Rust Blog