--- title: "Rust gets its own foundation" publication: "StatusCode Weekly" issue: 303 published_at: "2021-02-10" canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/303" --- Plus the AWS re:Invent videos are now on YouTube, Homebrew 3.0, and Haxe 4.2. | #303 — February 10, 2021 [Web Version](https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/303) StatusCode Weekly What's happening in software development, ops, platforms and tools. [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/oqguqpy7jvss3uxozjet.jpg)](https://foundation.rust-lang.org/posts/2021-02-08-hello-world/) [The Rust Foundation Says 'Hello World!'](https://foundation.rust-lang.org/posts/2021-02-08-hello-world/) — Rust’s star continues its ascent with the creation of the [Rust Foundation](https://foundation.rust-lang.org/posts/2021-02-08-hello-world/) and Mozilla (where Rust originally came from) is [fully on board](https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/02/08/mozilla-welcomes-the-rust-foundation/) along with Microsoft, Google, Huawei, and Amazon. They’ve got a lot of plans on taking Rust forward. 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