Rik Arends

Makepad: Mobile, desktop and web application development in Rust

His early career saw Rik utilizing C/C++, which solved the performance needs of the type of rich media applications he built but often resulted in unstable code. He then switched to JavaScript and other web technologies. Although these offered code stability, they in turn lacked the desired performance. Makepad is built with Rust, a language that marries the two requirements of performance and stability, presenting a fresh opportunity for finally doing things right. Rik will showcase what this new approach makes possible, how it allows for a reimagined developer workflow and where things are heading. Building Makepad, a new programming environment and UI system for Rust. Think Visual basic, but for Rust. Running on desktop and mobile natively, and web via WASM.

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Biography

Rik Arends is a developer and entrepreneur who works as a cofounder of Makepad where he builds a next generation UI system and developer tooling for Rust. Whilst studying physics he dropped out to create companies. Passionately working on developer tools, audio and video software like VJ applications, web and UI technology. He also co-founded the web based Cloud9 IDE later acquired by Amazon, where he held the position of the CTO.
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