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This Week in Rust 603
Official
This blog post outlines the work of the Compiler Team's "operations" team, which focuses on improving organization, workflows, and processes within the team to ensure the smooth functioning and sustainable growth of the Rust Project.
Newsletters
The Embedded Rustacean Issue #47 www.theembeddedrustacean.com
Stay up-to-date with the latest in embedded Rust through news, articles, tutorials, and community updates.
Rust Trends Issue #66 rust-trends.com
This Rust roundup covers Rust for C programmers, faster linking with Wild, and time-travel debugging with FireDBG.
Project/Tooling Updates
An update on the effort to make ratatui truly portable, including news on no-std support, a RITW challenge, and upcoming talks.
Meilisearch v1.15 introduces typo tolerance settings, string filters, and improved Chinese support.
`cctx` is a Rust-based tool that simplifies context switching for Claude Code by allowing users to quickly switch between different configurations with a single command.
Observations/Thoughts
Microsoft is rewriting its SymCrypt cryptographic library in Rust, aiming for memory safety and formal verification to enhance security and performance.
An explanation from a member of the Rust compiler performance working group on why compiler performance improvements are challenging and what the Rust project prioritizes.
Hedge funds are increasingly adopting Rust over C# for back-end development due to its performance and safety benefits.
A deep dive into how an atomic counter in a shared type registry caused a performance bottleneck in Conviva's streaming analytics platform, and how ArcSwap solved the issue.
This article discusses Rust's role in building foundational software and its potential to empower developers across various domains.
A retrospective on 10 years of Rust development, highlighting its evolution, challenges, and future prospects by a Rust-based startup founder.
A report on the ongoing discussions and future steps regarding the potential addition of variadic generics to the Rust language.
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A plan for SIMD linebender.org
This article outlines a plan for ergonomic and safe SIMD programming in Rust, aiming for near-peak performance across various CPUs with a lightweight, fine-grained library.
This article outlines nine rules for building scientific libraries in Rust that are correct, usable, and fast, with a focus on supporting both Rust and Python, optimizing performance, and ensuring reliability through testing.
Rust on a Diet blog.veeso.dev
This article explores a fix in the Solana Validator that significantly reduced memory usage by switching from Vec<u8> to Bytes for transaction data, emphasizing the importance of choosing the right data structure for performance and shareability in Rust.
This article compares Rust and Go in terms of performance, ease of use, concurrency, and ecosystem to help developers choose the right language for their projects in 2025.
A podcast episode discussing the new features, changes, and fixes in Rust versions 1.79 and 1.80.
An interview with the CEO of Flarion about using Rust for high-performance data processing systems, hiring Rust developers, and the pros and cons of Rust.
Rust Walkthroughs
This article details the journey of optimizing WebRTC settings to achieve consistent sub-100ms latency for remote control applications, focusing on techniques like quantization adjustment, rate control, and buffer size modification.
Is Rust faster than C? steveklabnik.com
An exploration of whether Rust can be faster than C, considering factors like inline assembly, memory layout, social influences, and compile-time vs runtime checks.
This video introduces facet, a reflection library for Rust, and explores its potential to improve build times and enable new capabilities.
Explore how Swift and Rust can be combined for optimal software development in this Seoul iOS Meetup presentation.
Research
This article discusses Asterinas, a new operating system architecture that uses Rust to achieve kernel memory safety with high performance and compatibility.
Miscellaneous
An interview with Rust expert Herbert Wolverson covers Rust's applications in web development, Python integration, and the challenges of writing brain teasers in Rust.
A presentation about Pixi, a Rust package manager, and its role as a companion to Cargo in scientific computing.