David Sankel

David Sankel is a Principal Scientist leading Adobe's Software Technology Lab and is an active member of the C++ Standardization Committee. His experience spans microservice architectures, CAD/CAM, computer graphics, visual programming languages, web applications, computer vision, and cryptography. He is a frequent speaker at C++ conferences and specializes in large-scale software engineering and advanced C++ topics. David’s interests include dependently typed languages, semantic domains, EDSLs, and functional reactive programming. He was the project editor of the C++ Reflection TS, is the Executive Director of the Boost Foundation, and authored several C++ proposals including pattern matching and language variants.


Session

08-29
09:30
60min
Engineering the Future at Adobe: Why Rust is Key to Our Next Chapter
David Sankel

Learn why Adobe is moving beyond C++ by integrating Rust to build better products faster and more securely. Explore our pragmatic migration strategy for a 78M line codebase, emphasizing incremental adoption and developer enablement over a risky rewrite. Gain insights into Adobe's journey towards a modern, safer, and more productive software development future.

Room 1 (Main Room)