ScyllaDB has introduced a new lesson at ScyllaDB University focused on using the scylla-rust-driver, an open-source driver for Rust, to interact with ScyllaDB clusters. The lesson guides users through building a simple Rust application that connects to a ScyllaDB cluster to store and query temperature time-series data. Written in pure Rust with an async API using Tokio, the driver is designed for high performance and safety, leveraging Rust's unique async model to efficiently handle asynchronous computations. The application includes creating a data schema with a keyspace and table to store temperature measurements, running queries to add and retrieve data, and using dependencies such as uuid, tokio, scylla, and chrono for functionality. The course emphasizes Rust's growing popularity and showcases how its async model minimizes the need for allocations by determining state machines at compile time. Additionally, the lesson encourages further learning through ScyllaDB University and the upcoming ScyllaDB Summit, where insights from engineers and users implementing Rust in production will be shared.