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+# Epilogue
+
+Our tour of Rust ends here.\
+It has been quite extensive, but by no means exhaustive: Rust is a language with
+a large surface area, and an even larger ecosystem!\
+Don't let this scare you, though: there's **no need to learn everything**.
+You'll pick up whatever is necessary to be effective in the domain
+(backend, embedded, CLIs, GUIs, etc.) **while working on your projects**.
+
+In the end, there are no shortcuts: if you want to get good at something,
+you need to do it, over and over again. Throughout this course you wrote a fair
+amount of Rust, enough to get the language and its syntax flowing under your
+fingers. It'll take many more lines of code to feel it "yours", but that moment
+will come without a doubt if you keep practicing.
+
+## Going further
+
+Let's close with some pointers to additional resources that you might find
+useful as you move forward in your journey with Rust.
+
+### Exercises
+
+You can find more exercises to practice Rust in the [`rustlings`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings)
+project and on [exercism.io](https://exercism.io)'s Rust track.
+
+### Introductory material
+
+Check out [the Rust book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/title-page.html) and
+["Programming Rust"](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/programming-rust-2nd/9781492052586/)
+if you're looking for a different perspective on the same concepts we covered throughout this course.
+You'll certainly learn something new since they don't cover exactly the same topics; Rust has a lot of surface area!
+
+### Advanced material
+
+If you want to dive deeper into the language, refer to the [Rustonomicon](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/)
+and ["Rust for Rustaceans"](https://nostarch.com/rust-rustaceans).\
+The ["Decrusted" series](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqbS7AVVErFirH9armw8yXlE6dacF-A6z) is another excellent
+resource to learn more about the internals of many of the most popular Rust libraries.
+
+### Domain-specific material
+
+If you want to use Rust for backend development,
+check out ["Zero to Production in Rust"](https://zero2prod.com).\
+If you want to use Rust for embedded development,
+check out the [Embedded Rust book](https://docs.rust-embedded.org/book/).
+
+### Masterclasses
+
+You can then find resources on key topics that cut across domains.\
+For testing, check out
+["Advanced testing, going beyond the basics"](https://rust-exercises.com/advanced-testing/).\
+For telemetry, check out ["You can't fix what you can't see"](https://rust-exercises.com/telemetry/).