Scala Summit 2026
Gus Wynn

Gus Wynn

Software Engineer, Annex Risk

The talk

Coming to Scala as a Rust Developer

Having recently started working in Scala after years of being a Rust developer, Gus noticed many similarities in the 2 languages. This made onboarding to the language easy, and made each design difference a curiosity worth exploring! This quick talk will talk about some of the overlap, and differences, between the two languages, and how that affects the experience working in them day to day.

About Gus

An engineer with years of experience leading others in the database space, and a long-time member of the Rust community, Gus has currently forayed into the world of Scala.