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Official
Announcing Rust 1.96.1 | Rust Blog blog.rust-lang.org
Rust 1.96.1 point release addresses a Cargo HTTP client bug, a MIR optimization miscompilation, and three security vulnerabilities in libssh2.
The many journeys of learning Rust | Rust Blog blog.rust-lang.org
An exploration of the common challenges, learning paths, and organizational strategies involved in adopting Rust, based on insights from the community.
Foundation
Rust Foundation Trusted Training Program Launches, Giving Learners a Mark of Quality to Trust rustfoundation.org
The Rust Foundation has launched a Trusted Training Program to provide quality certification for Rust educational resources.
Newsletters
Scientific Computing in Rust #19 (June 2026) scientificcomputing.rs
Monthly newsletter featuring the latest crate releases, workshop updates, and project highlights for the scientific Rust ecosystem.
Project/Tooling Updates
Slint 1.17 Released slint.dev
Slint 1.17 introduces drag-and-drop support, system tray icons, tooltips, and improved model binding, advancing the toolkit’s desktop-readiness.
rustc_codegen_gcc: Progress Report #42 blog.antoyo.xyz
Progress update on `rustc_codegen_gcc` development, detailing recent GCC upstream patches, CI improvements, and ongoing support for new architectures.
Introducing Test That! hovinen.me
Troubleshooting a `PartialEq` type mismatch error when using `googletest` matchers with a `NewType` wrapper.
Inside RSSH: one Rust crate, three binaries, and the Tauri lessons along the way github.com
A technical overview of building a cross-platform SSH client using Rust, Tauri 2, and a shared core architecture.
Rustty 1.38 – accessibility & keyboard nav github.com
Rustty v1.38.0 adds comprehensive accessibility features including high-contrast modes, keyboard navigation, and colorblind support to its Tauri-based terminal client.
GuardianDB 0.17.0: Secure namespaces, Iroh 1.0, and the arrival of the ODM www.willsearch.com.br
GuardianDB 0.17.0 introduces Iroh 1.0 integration, secure namespace sharing, and a new ODM layer for decentralized Rust applications.
Building a real-time voice-agent runtime in Rust: no GIL, one binary, 2,000 calls a box dev.to
A deep dive into the architectural decisions behind a high-concurrency, low-latency Rust runtime for real-time voice AI agents.
AimDB: Bring Your Own Connector aimdb.dev
An architectural overview of a modular networking stack design decoupling transport layers from session management and message dispatch.
kache 0.8.0: zero-copy restores on Windows (ReFS) github.com
kache v0.8.0 adds ReFS block-cloning on Windows, introduces self-healing for corrupt indices, and improves cross-clone cache stability.
Warbell — a castle-defense action-RPG built with Bevy 0.19 miskibin.github.io
A showcase of "Warbell," a 83K-line open-source siege defense game built with the Bevy engine.
I built a macOS FTP client entirely in Rust - no Electron, no webview dev.to
An introduction to gmacFTP, a native, lightweight macOS FTP/SFTP client built with Rust, Tokio, and Slint.
Observations/Thoughts
Hoisting Expressions blog.yoshuawuyts.com
An analysis of the implications and potential risks of RFC 3968's proposed "move" expressions for Rust.
The Unglamorous Side of Rust Web Development blog.jetbrains.com
An analysis of the current friction points in Rust web development, focusing on async complexity, compile times, macros, and the lack of a standardized batteries-included framework.
How I Found Out 52% of My Knowledge Graph Was Duplicates (and What I Did About It) dev.to
Lessons learned from debugging an autonomous Rust-based knowledge graph agent that suffered from massive data duplication due to metric misinterpretation.
A Novel Approach to Rust Error Handling jtjlehi.github.io
An exploration of alternative error handling patterns beyond traditional propagation and recovery.
We put a Redis server inside our runtime encore.dev
Encore’s engineering team details porting a feature-complete Redis implementation from Go to Rust to provide an embedded, process-local cache for improved developer experience and local-production parity.
High-performance Rust: Understanding and eliminating memory fragmentation kerkour.com
AI and worktrees are filling our disks: kache storage, measured kunobi.ninja
Leveraging reflink-capable filesystems, the `kache` build cache enables zero-copy restoration of build artifacts across multiple parallel worktrees to significantly reduce disk usage.
Designing a cross-platform terminal memory visualizer in Rust dev.to
An architectural deep-dive into building a cross-platform memory visualizer using Rust traits and conditional compilation.
Your Rust Service Isn't Leaking — It Could Be the Allocator pranitha.dev
Rust Walkthroughs
Measure, Don't Guess: Building viser, a Content-Adaptive Video Encoding Optimizer in Rust medium.com
Building "Viser," a content-adaptive video encoding optimizer, using Rust to leverage performance and safety in media processing.
Learn SQL and SQLx by Building a Book Library CLI in Rust blog.sheerluck.dev
A comprehensive tutorial for building a CLI-based book library using SQL and compile-time checked SQLx queries in Rust.
[series] Reasoning About Async Rust with State Machines aibodh.com
An introduction to using the `.await` operator for asynchronous value retrieval in Rust.
The C to Rust Migration Book mainmatter.com
A comprehensive guide to building, validating, and maintaining safe and idiomatic FFI interfaces between Rust and C.
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