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Newsletters
Scientific Computing in Rust #22 (September 2026) scientificcomputing.rs
Roundup of the latest news, libraries, and publications for the Rust scientific computing ecosystem.
The Embedded Rustacean Issue #81 www.theembeddedrustacean.com
Issue #81 of The Embedded Rustacean features industry news, educational tutorials, crate updates, and current job opportunities in the embedded Rust ecosystem.
Observations/Thoughts
Can safe Rust ever beat Google's C Brotli? mnwa.hashnode.dev
Building a DMA based driver for the RP2350 I2C (safety not included) micro-rust.github.io
An overview of developing a high-performance, DMA-enabled RP2350 I2C driver in Rust that minimizes CPU overhead by offloading transactions from IRQ-heavy patterns.
Advanced soft-bodies for games with the Rapier physics engine dimforge.com
An overview of the implementation details, modeling techniques, and integration features for the newly added soft-body support in the Rapier physics engine.
Supporting native Rust in Workers with the new Emscripten target for wasm-bindgen blog.cloudflare.com
Cloudflare introduces experimental support for the `wasm32-unknown-emscripten` target in Workers, enabling native Rust applications—including those using Tokio—to run with improved compatibility.
Rusty thoughts on "Parse, don't validate" eli.thegreenplace.net
An analysis of why Rust's `Option` type enables safer first-element access compared to the exception-based models of Go and Python.
The state of SIMD in Rust in 2026 shnatsel.github.io
An analysis of the current Rust SIMD landscape, comparing portable abstractions, compiler-based vectorization, and platform-specific intrinsics as of 2026.
How do you stop being a Rust novice? www.jochen.fyi
Transitioning from a Rust novice to an experienced developer by shifting focus from language syntax to complex, domain-specific design challenges.
We Have Named Arguments at Home: a reply to the blog post Arguing about arguments mentioned in the last issue corrode.dev
The article explores how to achieve ergonomic API patterns like named, optional, and default arguments in Rust by leveraging existing type-system features instead of adding new language syntax.
Upstream Rust maintenance report (August-September 2026) kobzol.github.io
This report details ongoing maintenance and infrastructure improvements for the Rust compiler, including work on build directory sizing, Polonius, build system refactoring, and crate management, carried out as part of a Sovereign Tech Fellowship.
Rust in the kernel? What about Rust without the kernel! kerkour.com
Compiling the kernel with gccrs lwn.net
An overview of the current progress, challenges, and architectural goals of the gccrs project in its mission to compile the Linux kernel.
Listening to the radio with Rust lwn.net
This RustConf 2026 talk explores using Rust for real-time software-defined radio, covering the signal processing fundamentals for decoding AM, FM, and ADS-B aircraft data.
Native support for Rust on the GPU lwn.net
A RustConf 2026 talk introduces a prototype aimed at enabling standard Rust code to run directly on GPUs as a first-class compiler target, eliminating the need for specialized ecosystem libraries.
Rust Walkthroughs
How to speed up the Rust compiler in September 2026 nnethercote.github.io
A summary of the recent architectural optimizations and performance improvements made to the Rust compiler as of September 2026.
Building Real-Time Notifications with SSE and Pub/Sub oluseun.dev
Green Threads from Scratch dzania.github.io
A guide to implementing context switching in Rust by defining a `repr(C)` structure for saving CPU register state.
A Type Stronger than the Sum of its Components www.schneems.com
Leveraging type-state patterns by decomposing `std::path::Component` enums into dedicated structs to enforce path manipulation invariants at compile time.
Deser: Rethinking Rust Serialization lucumr.pocoo.org
A critical assessment of the technical limitations and design tradeoffs inherent in the Serde serialization framework.
Dropping Swift from our Bevy iOS crates rustunit.com
Streamlining Bevy iOS development by replacing manual Swift package management with direct Objective-C runtime bindings via the `objc2` crate.
Pining for Arc Downcasting in Rust wolfgirl.dev
An analysis of memory layout and pointer management for reference-counted strings in a custom JSON implementation.
Topcoat is pushing the boundary of server applications with Rust tokio.rs
Topcoat v0.9 introduces client-side reactivity and server-side streaming features alongside updates to its integrated Toasty ORM.
Rust Reborrowing, Aliasing, and Mutable References developerlife.com
This article provides a comprehensive technical deep dive into how Rust's reborrowing mechanism enables safe, sequential delegation of mutable references through compile-time static analysis.
A very condensed introduction of the basics of Rust liw.fi
A practical example of implementing a CLI tool in Rust using clap and anyhow for robust error handling.
Making Our GPUI App Interactive with State and Events video youtu.be
A guide to building an interactive Linear-style desktop application using Rust and the GPUI framework.
[ES] Domain–Flow–Effects (DFE): an architecture designed for Rust codigolinea.com
Propuesta de arquitectura para servicios backend en Rust que organiza el código en torno a reglas de negocio (Domain), operaciones coordinadas (Flows) y dependencias externas (Effects) para evitar la complejidad innecesaria de patrones orientados a objetos.
Miscellaneous
[DE]Rust & Linux Community Event – November 20–21, 2026 @ TUXEDO, Augsburg – Help us choose the workshop topic cryptpad.fr
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