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This Week in Rust 591
Official
Rust 1.85.1 is released with fixes for combined doctest compilation and regressions introduced in 1.85.0.
The Rust project is hiring program managers to support Editions and Project Goals, aiming to enhance team efficiency and resource allocation.
Get the latest updates from the Rust Leadership Council on team structure, program management, and ongoing projects.
Project/Tooling Updates
rust-analyzer #277 rust-analyzer.github.io
This rust-analyzer changelog details new features like rename warnings and `for` loop conversion, along with fixes, internal improvements, and upgrades to `salsa` for better performance.
Git 2.49 brings faster packing, a Rust foreign language interface, and other improvements to this widely-used version control system.
This article discusses the reboot of the Rust CUDA project, outlining recent updates, future goals, and collaboration with other GPU projects in the Rust ecosystem.
The GNU Compiler Collection's Rust front-end sees a big update that introduces the Polonius borrow checker for enhanced memory safety.
Ubuntu is considering replacing core GNU utilities with Rust implementations for enhanced resilience and safety, using a tool called oxidizr to test the transition.
Explore OpenDAL's roadmap for 2025, focusing on production adoption with key features and improvements.
Discover the latest features and improvements in `bevy_lint` v0.2.0, a custom linter for the Bevy game engine, including configuration options, Bevy 0.15 support, new lints, and Windows fixes.
Discover the rationale behind building a terminal UI for Apache Kafka data exploration, and the journey of creating Yōzefu with Ratatui.
Discover AIScript, a new programming language and web framework designed for AI applications, and learn about the journey of its creation, from initial concepts to collaboration with AI.
Announcing a new Rust crate, mocktail, designed for mocking HTTP and gRPC servers with native streaming support.
Observations/Thoughts
A look at the recent improvements, general progress, and future plans for speeding up the Rust compiler.
This article discusses replacing traditional Unix utilities in Ubuntu with modern, memory-safe Rust alternatives, and introduces `oxidizr`, a tool for managing this transition.
A vulnerability in Below allows local privilege escalation due to a world-writable log directory, enabling symlink attacks.
Explore extending the `Future` trait in Rust for custom async runtime behaviors and additional utility methods, with an example demonstrating aborting futures.
Writing Terrible Code bitfieldconsulting.com
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Rust's well-defined casting semantics lead to faster ALP compression compared to C++ due to avoiding undefined behavior checks.
This article analyzes why memory-safe languages aren't a complete solution to security vulnerabilities and advocates for incremental improvements in existing codebases.
This video discusses Ubuntu's potential shift to Rust implementations for core utilities, examining implications for Linux and memory safety.
Explore the unique aspects of the Rust programming language and its potential benefits for your software projects, regardless of the implementation language.
Rust Walkthroughs
This tutorial guides beginners and experts in creating web and desktop applications using Rust, showing how to set up the repository and integrate Tailwind CSS.
Explore how to implement type-safe state transitions in Rust, creating robust and maintainable systems for managing complex application states.
Explore the intricacies of Rust with a deep dive into error handling, data structures, and concurrency.
Learn how to build a cross-platform, encrypted search engine from scratch in Rust, optimized for browsers and mobile apps.
This tutorial demonstrates the newtype pattern and `impl Into T` for ergonomic Rust APIs in 2D layout.
Miscellaneous
Get the latest snapshot of the Rust job market, including open positions, top hiring companies, leading industries, and insights into junior vs. senior roles.