benwis
@benw.is
Senior Rust Software Engineer, Rustacean🦀
Lead Maintainer of Leptos, the full-stack Rust web framework
Liberal Progressive Socialist
SF Bay Area
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Lead Maintainer of Leptos, the full-stack Rust web framework
Liberal Progressive Socialist
SF Bay Area
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Ally to 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈✊🏿
Got one of our first AI generated PR contributions today.
+6k lines of code that introduced several painful bugs while trying to fix an error.
Real issue: `resolver="1"` in Cargo.toml.
The compiler said that in the first line of the returned error!
+6k lines of code that introduced several painful bugs while trying to fix an error.
Real issue: `resolver="1"` in Cargo.toml.
The compiler said that in the first line of the returned error!
September 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Got one of our first AI generated PR contributions today.
+6k lines of code that introduced several painful bugs while trying to fix an error.
Real issue: `resolver="1"` in Cargo.toml.
The compiler said that in the first line of the returned error!
+6k lines of code that introduced several painful bugs while trying to fix an error.
Real issue: `resolver="1"` in Cargo.toml.
The compiler said that in the first line of the returned error!
In 1981 the LA Herald posited that "feminine bicyclists are becoming extremely cruel" and was "a form of insanity"; caused by " the intense exhilaration rapid riding brings about."
We laugh at it now, but news today is just as capable of falsehoods.
cdnc.ucr.edu?a=d&d=LAH189...
#cycling #news
We laugh at it now, but news today is just as capable of falsehoods.
cdnc.ucr.edu?a=d&d=LAH189...
#cycling #news
July 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
In 1981 the LA Herald posited that "feminine bicyclists are becoming extremely cruel" and was "a form of insanity"; caused by " the intense exhilaration rapid riding brings about."
We laugh at it now, but news today is just as capable of falsehoods.
cdnc.ucr.edu?a=d&d=LAH189...
#cycling #news
We laugh at it now, but news today is just as capable of falsehoods.
cdnc.ucr.edu?a=d&d=LAH189...
#cycling #news
Also see biking
“one of the most expensive hobbies around?” whoever wrote this should talk to a photographer sometime
Absolutely laughable to call gaming "one of the most expensive hobbies around" because a video game costs ten dollars more. Gamers are children and should be treated with distain.
June 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Also see biking
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Very cool. Dimethyl sulfide--a compound that, at least on Earth, is exclusively produced by marine algae--has been found on an exoplanet for the first time, and in large quantities.
Current explanation is a giant ocean filled with algae, otherwise it requires an unknown abiotic process.
LIFE!!
Current explanation is a giant ocean filled with algae, otherwise it requires an unknown abiotic process.
LIFE!!
April 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Very cool. Dimethyl sulfide--a compound that, at least on Earth, is exclusively produced by marine algae--has been found on an exoplanet for the first time, and in large quantities.
Current explanation is a giant ocean filled with algae, otherwise it requires an unknown abiotic process.
LIFE!!
Current explanation is a giant ocean filled with algae, otherwise it requires an unknown abiotic process.
LIFE!!
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#PortfolioDay Sci-fi, ruins, and odd plants
April 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#PortfolioDay Sci-fi, ruins, and odd plants
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🦀 Hello World!
The Rust project now has an official presence on Bluesky! ✨
We'll be posting the same on our Mastodon and Bluesky accounts, so you won't miss anything on either platform.
The Rust project now has an official presence on Bluesky! ✨
We'll be posting the same on our Mastodon and Bluesky accounts, so you won't miss anything on either platform.
April 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🦀 Hello World!
The Rust project now has an official presence on Bluesky! ✨
We'll be posting the same on our Mastodon and Bluesky accounts, so you won't miss anything on either platform.
The Rust project now has an official presence on Bluesky! ✨
We'll be posting the same on our Mastodon and Bluesky accounts, so you won't miss anything on either platform.
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Rust 1.86.0 has been released! ✨🎊 🦀
This release adds trait upcasting, get_disjoint_mut on slices and hashmaps, #[target_feature] for safe functions, debug assertions for null pointers, Vec::pop_if and more!
Check out the blog post and release notes for details: blog.rust-lang.org/2025/04/03/R...
This release adds trait upcasting, get_disjoint_mut on slices and hashmaps, #[target_feature] for safe functions, debug assertions for null pointers, Vec::pop_if and more!
Check out the blog post and release notes for details: blog.rust-lang.org/2025/04/03/R...
Announcing Rust 1.86.0 | Rust Blog
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
blog.rust-lang.org
April 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Rust 1.86.0 has been released! ✨🎊 🦀
This release adds trait upcasting, get_disjoint_mut on slices and hashmaps, #[target_feature] for safe functions, debug assertions for null pointers, Vec::pop_if and more!
Check out the blog post and release notes for details: blog.rust-lang.org/2025/04/03/R...
This release adds trait upcasting, get_disjoint_mut on slices and hashmaps, #[target_feature] for safe functions, debug assertions for null pointers, Vec::pop_if and more!
Check out the blog post and release notes for details: blog.rust-lang.org/2025/04/03/R...
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wokeness was keeping the economy afloat. wokeness kept planes in the air. wokeness kept us all safe
Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
April 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
wokeness was keeping the economy afloat. wokeness kept planes in the air. wokeness kept us all safe
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General PSA: this move, called "filtering", is not only a safety maneuver, it is generally legal and often ENCOURAGED. Many places like SF deliberately paint "bike boxes" to situate cyclists ahead of queued cars at lights. Assuming drivers aren't stopped in it by the time you get up there.
March 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
General PSA: this move, called "filtering", is not only a safety maneuver, it is generally legal and often ENCOURAGED. Many places like SF deliberately paint "bike boxes" to situate cyclists ahead of queued cars at lights. Assuming drivers aren't stopped in it by the time you get up there.
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Ray Blanchard and his fetishistic fever dream masquerading as scholarship should always be mentioned alongside:
1. The GIC where this 'study' was carried out more or less coerced trans women into participating, on pain of compromising their access to healthcare
2. They faked the results
1. The GIC where this 'study' was carried out more or less coerced trans women into participating, on pain of compromising their access to healthcare
2. They faked the results
pubpeer.com/publications...
And if you have any doubt about whether or not he's huffing his own, and society's, farts, I would suggest looking into how he built his "evidence base" for this theory. But only if you have the stomach to.
And if you have any doubt about whether or not he's huffing his own, and society's, farts, I would suggest looking into how he built his "evidence base" for this theory. But only if you have the stomach to.
PubPeer - Phallometric detection of fetishistic arousal in heterosexua...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Phallometric detection of fetishistic arousal in heterosexual male cross‐dressers (1986)
pubpeer.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Ray Blanchard and his fetishistic fever dream masquerading as scholarship should always be mentioned alongside:
1. The GIC where this 'study' was carried out more or less coerced trans women into participating, on pain of compromising their access to healthcare
2. They faked the results
1. The GIC where this 'study' was carried out more or less coerced trans women into participating, on pain of compromising their access to healthcare
2. They faked the results
All programmers have felt like this at one point or another in their lives
Looking through the source code of the Command & Conquer games that EA just released github.com/electronicarts. Some fun stuff in the comments.
February 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
All programmers have felt like this at one point or another in their lives
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New blog post: the monad tutorial of my dreams, and maybe of yours! A jargon-free, practical explanation of monads as a design pattern, using Rust and property-based testing as the vehicle
Demystifying monads in Rust through property-based testing :: sunshowers
A jargon-free, practical explanation of monads as a design pattern.
sunshowers.io
February 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
New blog post: the monad tutorial of my dreams, and maybe of yours! A jargon-free, practical explanation of monads as a design pattern, using Rust and property-based testing as the vehicle
I'm in London this week for Rust Nation UK. Y'all are welcome to reach out if you'd like to connect #rust #rustlang #rustnation
February 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm in London this week for Rust Nation UK. Y'all are welcome to reach out if you'd like to connect #rust #rustlang #rustnation
Tech bros design a bike, a Juicero level failure www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgPU... #bikes #engineering #why
What's Inside The World’s Worst eBike? Reevo Teardown
YouTube video by Berm Peak Express
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tech bros design a bike, a Juicero level failure www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgPU... #bikes #engineering #why
It's fascinating to read as a discussion. Earlier versions of Leptos were not Send/Sync and our biggest issue was easy integration with Axum. Now that it is, the pain comes from non Send/Sync browser types in web_sys and running Futures in specific threads
@benw.is @gbj.dev If you haven't seen it already, you will love this article:
emschwartz.me/async-rust-c...
emschwartz.me/async-rust-c...
Async Rust can be a pleasure to work with (without `Send + Sync + 'static`)
Async Rust is powerful. And it can be a pain to work with (and learn). Async Rust can be a pleasure to work with, though, if we can do it without `Send + Sync + 'static`.
emschwartz.me
January 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It's fascinating to read as a discussion. Earlier versions of Leptos were not Send/Sync and our biggest issue was easy integration with Axum. Now that it is, the pain comes from non Send/Sync browser types in web_sys and running Futures in specific threads
More should be done to deal with the huge influx of throttle e-bikes that are basically unregulated motorcycles. Good to see California taking some steps: electrek.co/2025/01/01/s...
Starting today, California is coming for your e-bike throttles
Last September, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB-1271, which redefines and adds to several electric bicycle regulations in...
electrek.co
January 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
More should be done to deal with the huge influx of throttle e-bikes that are basically unregulated motorcycles. Good to see California taking some steps: electrek.co/2025/01/01/s...
I wonder what software engineers would be like if they had to do residency(i.e spend time working on open source). Maybe they'd be a bit nicer to OSS maintainers
December 19, 2024 at 7:10 PM
I wonder what software engineers would be like if they had to do residency(i.e spend time working on open source). Maybe they'd be a bit nicer to OSS maintainers
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At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes
December 3, 2024 at 4:58 PM
At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes
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Winning 1st place in a programming competition must feel terrible. You were so close.
December 4, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Winning 1st place in a programming competition must feel terrible. You were so close.
First day of new job is almost over! Could not be more excited to be writing Rust at work, using Leptos, and having paid time to work on open source!
December 3, 2024 at 12:49 AM
First day of new job is almost over! Could not be more excited to be writing Rust at work, using Leptos, and having paid time to work on open source!
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"If you commute on an e-bike 20km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20 – annually."
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2024 at 11:51 PM
"If you commute on an e-bike 20km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20 – annually."
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...