Alessio Simone
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Alessio Simone
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We are excited to announce that we can successfully use Rust's standard library from the GPU. This has never been done before.

www.vectorware.com/blog/rust-st...

Supporting Rust's standard library enables existing Rust code to work on the GPU and makes GPU programming feel normal.
Rust's standard library on the GPU
GPU code can now use Rust's standard library. We share the implementation approach and what this unlocks for GPU programming.
www.vectorware.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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9 out of 10 C developers recommend storing raw and cooked meat in the same container
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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i gotta worry about claude farting now?!?
January 8, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Why do programmers get confused around the holidays?

OCT 31 = DEC 25
December 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
My new gadget also works with Rust ☕🦀

@compiler-explorer.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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We received reports of a phishing campaign targeting crates​.io users. Do not click on links asking to authenticate to protect your account. More information: blog.rust-lang.org/2025/09/12/c...
crates.io phishing campaign | Rust Blog
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
blog.rust-lang.org
September 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
August 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I tried Rust Rover for embedded development for several months. It doesn't have a debugger usable for embedded, but I was ready to give it some time. Then the issues kept piling up, until the day I happily went back to VS Code.

I would like to know about other people experiences.
May 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Yesterday I made a silly mistake while coding something for my going-to-be-open source project, and thanks to that, I think I found a bug in rust-analyzer. If you would like to play with the repro, here it is

github.com/rust-lang/ru...

#rustlang
Fast growing memory leak while trying to expand erroneous macro_rules · Issue #19691 · rust-lang/rust-analyzer
A recursive, declarative macro, with repeating matchers used wrongly in the macro body, generates a fast memory leak in rust-analyzer. This seems to happen only if the macro invokes itself at least...
github.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I never worked with RISC-V before and I am willing to try it out for fun, and to learn.

Any RISC-V entry level dev-board you would suggest to an experienced STM32 embedded developer?
April 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Ferrous Systems (I work there!) have agreed to contribute the Ferrocene Language Specification to the Rust Project and allow the Rust Project to take over its development and management

rustfoundation.org/media/ferrou...
Ferrous Systems Donates Ferrocene Language Specification to Rust Project - The Rust Foundation
Rust 1.0 was published in May 2015. As the language approaches its 10th anniversary, Rust has become one of the fastest growing and most-loved languages [1] among developers, thanks to a combination o...
rustfoundation.org
March 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM