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Do you have any examples of instructional tech videos that you really like? I'm looking it at increasing the quality of mine and would love to know examples of formats that work well.

Not all safe Rust code is equally safe. Here's what that means and why I argue that Rust has a spectrum of safety rather than one that's binary as indicated by the unsafe keyword. Notes from "Pointer Poker" and more: Levels of safety beyond the safe/unsafe dichotomy www.patreon.com/posts/14555...

Prediction: the next wave of programming languages will just be AI prompts. Someone's just released ai_bindgen (github.com/germangb/ai...) into the Rust ecosystem, which allows annotation to create functionality with natural language:

Hi pocket friends 👋, I have been thinking about offering something that people could expense with their training budget (while also learning a lot, obviously!).. Idea: monthly 30-90min deep dive to people on a paid tier of my Patreon.

At this point, I'm creating a Reddit bot that just adds helpful comments to threads such as "AI slop" and "Is this a bot?"

Apparently the message here is that I should be uploading more ragebait.

Code review: do you know why this code triggers undefined behavior? play.rust-lang.org/?version=st...

This doesn't feel particularly "timClicks" (I've tried very hard to steer away from engagement bait).. but I also sort of feel the need to respond to the idea that Fil-C is a better Rust. Should I make the video? If so, use this thumbnail or something less antagonistic?

Unethical data collection pro tip: If you're asking for feedback on a 1-5 scale, make sure that your preferred response is what the respondents see first. Even if they don't click Excellent/Strongly Agree, anchoring bias will nudge them that way.

If you've wanted to learn how async *actually works* in Rust and what a "future" actually is, reserve 30 mins for this video sometime over the weekend youtu.be/45FzYwoOXRQ

The borrow checker decided to complain during a live stream, so I spent a minute explaining what was happening to the audience before telling it to leave me along. youtube.com/shorts/65rK...

Am honestly quite surprised that no one is complaining about the pineapple on pizza aspect to this.

I've decided to call it the flying saucer operator

Everyone knows that the PDF spec is powerful enough to allow a full Linux kernel to boot, right? linux.doompdf.dev/

Writing tech docs/tutorials is hard because of the fractal of complexity that every topic seems to produce. Writing about FFI means writing about how functions work in programming languages, which means calling conventions, stack frames, symbols, linkers, thread safety, ...

How did you get your first job programming with Rust? I have a suspicion that most people just added Rust to their company's tech stack before it was officially sanctioned, thus creating a Rust job.

A workflow for working with AI agents to develop high-quality software quickly (A downloadable PDF and further info available to subscribers free or paid timclicks.dev/ai-workflow)

Good news everyone! The future is now. The Algol 68 front end to gcc is finally approved for inclusion. The tyranny of C-based languages may soon be over.

Is #rustlang safe? A 38 second explainer on the unsafe keyword www.youtube.com/shorts/Syov...

If you've ever used CSV to store data long term ("cold data storage"), I have an unorthodox idea for you: use a SQLite database instead.

A cheat sheet of Cargo plugins to improve your day as a #rustlang developer. More detailed notes and a PDF version is available through the link in the QR code.

Cloudflare generated many millions of HTTP 5XX responses today. They were triggered because code in a core proxy called .unwrap() on a Result for an operation that was expected to never fail.

How many lava lamps does it take to bring down the Internet? You probably won't get it right.. ... it's too random.

Productivity tip for people using #rustlang: The rustup command can generate shell completions for your shell:

Code quiz time. Why are we not allowed to create `ub` this way?

Rust's Vec<T> type is the best template for an advanced technique called "partial initialization". Here's a quick video show you what I mean youtu.be/1femyALVeLQ

It looks as though Apple is adding WSL to macOS. Perhaps 2026 is the year of the Linux desktop? apple.github.io/containeriz...

Trying to figure out how to produce tech tutorial videos without spending more than an hour of work per minute of finished content.

It's very Millennial of me to say so, but the original Internet was better.

Rust has a few known code patterns that cause undefined behavior in Rust which have their lint level set to warning, rather than error. (Links to references at the end of the thread)

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.