An essay prompt for the technically inclined: "HTTP 500 is a security vector. Discuss."

If you're into Rust, you'll know about the difference between Eq and PartialEq. Did you know that there's a secret third thing?

The bests bits of a Rust library are pub modules marked with #[doc(hidden)] so that they're more-or-less invisible to humans. Doubly so when there's a comment that shouts something along the lines of: DO NOT USE THIS. IT IS ONLY PUBLIC FOR TESTING PURPOSES.

Why do computer scientists use the word "atomic" in phrases such as "atomic operation" and "atomic type"?

The unsafe keyword in Rust is one of its least-understood. Here's what it means (warning: includes some 🌶️ takes):

A question for the room - how do you deal with code paths that can panic when you've set panic=abort, such as wasm, embedded, or when you want slim binaries?

Today, I've been spending too much time wondering about what the safety comment in this example should be. play.rust-lang.org/?version=st...

Did you hear that Rust broke Ubuntu updates? That's right, or at least that's what it seems like at first look. A component added to Ubuntu that's written in Rust was broken, and that prevented automatic updates.

Pro tip: The phrase "Let me get straight to the point" does not work as advertised.

Woah Windows. You really have changed.

The cool thing about being contacted by recruiters using AI for outbound is that when them you're not suitable for the role, their bots send you more info about the role.

Walkable streets everywhere. Cities are for people.

Following Rust in Linux kernel and/or gritty details of how Rust lays out bits in memory for interop with C an other languages? There's a new piece in LWN for you: lwn.net/Articles/10...

Using Rust at work? I'm considering creating a paid webinar/live remote course series. Any interest? DMs open! - What would you like it to cover? - What size of group would you like to be in? - What time zone? .. also, webinar sounds very 2005. I guess they're called "masterclass" these days?

Pointers are quite hard.

Markdown is the best markup language because it's impossible to have a syntax error. By design, all text is a markdown document.

Why must I be like this?

I really like the USA, but the last few years feels like we're dealing with the school bully rather than the team captain.

LLMs might teach us something about discourse. Imagine if it was socially acceptable within an argument or discussion to pause and say "Thinking longer for a better answer"

The US Dollar is a fickle friend

Pro tip: do not ask a computer graphics nerd about font rendering. 1 of 2 things will happen, neither good.. 1. Sorrow and tears (there's years of repressed misery and resentment hiding) 2. Brain explosion (too many things need to go just right to get letters on the screen)

why it is called leaking memory, rather than the more accurate "sending data to the quiet corner"?

I don't vibe code, but I do treat Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT as a decent way for people to quickly get a) a first draft b) a second opinion and c) a review on something they're working on.

A simpler way for NVIDIA to increase its share price would have been for it to spend time making CUDA easier to install.

The new infinite money glitch: Customers not buying your products? 🫣 No problem! 🤩 Just invest in your customers! They'll have more money to buy your products, your pipeline improves and your share price goes up! Then use that equity as collateral for new investments! 👨‍🍳🤌

Spammers need to get better than "Time for a quick call to connect?"

The layoffs will continue until the economy improves!

When a bot with 100k followers drops into your mentions, I suppose it's only fair to respond politely,,

If you're team's considering adopting Rust and would like some training or support, my direct messages are open! I have a few spots opening up in the new year.

Standing for council so that there's at least one councillor who understands how Reply-All works in 2025.

People are saying so many nice things. It's really quite hard to take in.

@rustforgeconf.com was AWESOME! 🙌 So lucky to be part of a lovely #rustlang conference, here in my home of #wellington, #newzealand. Met lots of interesting people, learned some new Rust, enjoyed sharing my own creative passions. 🦀🥝 Thanks @timclicks.dev for organizing. 💜

Some people seem to enjoy making catering easy to plan for...

^ @timclicks.dev? @jamesmunns.com?

Attention developers in Australia and New Zealand: Invest in your future by getting to Rust Forge in 2 weeks' time. (Yes there will be companies actively hunting for talent in the room - they've made this very clear)

2 weeks until Rust Forge starts. Do your future self a favour and register. And if you're feeling brave - send your manager another email to ask whether there's training/professional development budget available.

I created some new banner art for Rust Forge this morning. What do you think?

Being the last person on dial up would be quite the flex, imo.

Rust Forge is a tech conference for stable, secure and energy efficient computing (& I'm totally down for it)

Do I dare submit this to the C++ subreddit? youtu.be/xihX4RzStYk

Maybe the Rust compiler could incorporate a teaching mode that would allow emoji identifiers like 🫠:

DNS appears to be making my life easy again. My new website timmo.nz is available, but I can't seem to get Cloudflare, Fastmail and Mailgun to talk nicely to each othe - so mail isn't working.

Americans would rather buy overpriced theanine supplements, rather than just savouring a few minutes to pause and drink tea.

So, Strategy's strategy is to hoard BTC so that it decreases the money supply, thus pushing up the price?

We should have a larger convo about how companies like American Eagle use beautiful people to add glamor to unglamorous products. In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman committed suicide at a factory that made American Eagle clothes bc of abuse. This is the cost of cheap, trendy clothes.

Some excellent tips for those speaking at conferences :) by @timclicks.dev ( @rustforgeconf.bsky.social ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssES...

So, Trump's added a USD 250 "visa integrity fee" for visitor visas among others.. ...you know, you don't need to go to the USA to go to an amazing Rust conference this year. You've got options.

Conferences are not expensive. They should pay for themselves. Here's how:

Actually, vibe coding is not very relaxing at times.