Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 01/10/20261.99 lints are a little rougher than usual, this is just from Hickory DNS: github.com/rust-lang/ru... github.com/rust-lang/ru... github.com/dcchut/async...github.comDeprecation warnings don't take rust-version into account · Issue #163604 · rust-lang/rustI tried this code: let _ = self.srtt_microseconds.fetch_update( Ordering::SeqCst, Ordering::SeqCst, move |cur_srtt_microseconds| { Some( last_update .map_or(default, |last_update| { update_fn(cur_s... 020
Reposted by Dirkjan OchtmanRaph Levien @raphlinus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A huge milestone: Fearless SIMD 1.0 is published: linebender.org/blog/fearles.... This was a real collaboration, thanks especially to Sergey Davidoff for pushing this over the line, Laurenz Stampfl, Andrew Jakubowicz, valadaptive, Benjamin Saunders, and Daniel McNab.linebender.orgFearless SIMD v1.0 is hereFearless SIMD v1.0 is here 27715
Reposted by Dirkjan OchtmanRust Language @rust-lang.org · 17/09/2026⚠️ We believe that there is an ongoing campaign targeting owners of popular crates and rust-lang team members that is attempting to compromise devices and accounts in order to use them to publish malware. See our blog post for details: blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/17/t...blog.rust-lang.orgBe alert: targeted attacks on prominent Rustaceans | Rust BlogEmpowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. 122090
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 17/09/2026Can’t even change your email/switch to Google SSO… pretty basic things? 010
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 15/09/2026That’s the same feeling I had about Cloudflare’s blog post. On the other hand, maybe it is actually better to realize value quickly by building something inefficient faster? 150
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 12/09/2026OxiSH does not support compression. We’ll see if someone really needs it, but will definitely keep it disabled by default. 080
Reposted by Dirkjan Ochtmanaly @aly.codes · 09/09/2026Apparently Digital Ocean canceled their $50/month sponsorship of GNOME and FlatHub the month before giving Omarchy 3 million dollars. social.treehouse.systems/@barthalion/...social.treehouse.systemsBart Piotrowski (@barthalion@treehouse.systems)Meanwhile DigitalOcean couldn’t afford $50 a month for GNOME and Flathub VMs and cancelled their sponsorship last month. 1117123
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 09/09/2026That means we've managed to release ~once per month on average; I released 0.23.44 on Monday to add support for post-quantum ML-DSA certificates. Meanwhile, we're hard at work on 0.24, which will come with meaningful performance improvements and a more robust API. Excited about the next 10 years! 050
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 09/09/2026rustls, our modern memory-safe TLS implementation is 10 years old! @jbp.io wrote a blog post reflecting on how we got here: rustls.dev/blog/2026-09...rustls.devrustls: A Decade of Rustls 2548
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 03/09/2026Four months after the initial batch of advisories came through, our team of two volunteers finally fixed (almost) all of them. RustSec advisories coming soon, but at this volume it might take a bit of time. 081
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 03/09/2026PSA: if you depend on Hickory DNS, upgrade now: github.com/hickory-dns/... DNS implementations (not just Hickory) have been hit pretty hard by LLM-assisted vulnerability research.github.comRelease v0.26.2 · hickory-dns/hickory-dnsThis release fixes a large number of security vulnerabilities. Most of the issues were related to DNSSEC validation, denial of service and resource consumption attacks, and reachable panics in pars... 33411
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 02/09/2026If you have a known universe, there's also clubcards: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/110...ieeexplore.ieee.org 010
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 28/08/2026So what is the right solution for this kind of thing then in your view? 100
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 28/08/2026FWIW the current protobuf Rust lead has been asking for feedback in RCN meetings, so might be good to get in touch and vent more specifically? AIUI there’s still time to change things. 010
Reposted by Dirkjan OchtmanPredrag Gruevski @predr.ag · 27/08/2026More good news: Jess Izen is stepping into an Engineer in Residence role with the Rust Foundation! She's done so much good work for the ecosystem already (see the post!) and I can't think of a better person to wear this hat 🦀 rustfoundation.org/media/welcom...rustfoundation.orgWelcoming Jess Izen as Engineer in Residence at the Rust FoundationThe Rust Foundation is pleased to welcome Jess Izen (@jlizen) as our new Engineer in Residence. For the next year, Jess will work full time as part of the Foundation’s engineering team, taking directi... 0213
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 26/08/2026I wonder whether people will start to update their priors about running “stable” (read old) software. blog.trailofbits.com/2026/08/26/v...blog.trailofbits.comVMs won't contain cyber-capable agentsYou can no longer assume a mere VM will contain a sufficiently advanced AI agent. 1175
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 26/08/2026Maybe a good discussion to have on the WireGuard mailing list? The most recent discussion I found was lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wi... (so, a while ago).lists.zx2c4.com Kernel ML-KEM implementation plans 020
Reposted by Dirkjan OchtmanSteve Klabnik @steveklabnik.com · 24/08/2026Scaling Memory Safety: AI-Assisted Rewrites of C/C++ Dependencies to Rust bughunters.google.com/blog/scaling...bughunters.google.comBlog: Scaling Memory Safety: AI-Assisted Rewrites of C/C++ Dependencies to RustThis blog post describes how we used AI to help us rewrite a C library (giflib) to Rust to mitigate memory safety vulnerabilities. 26514
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 24/08/2026Will there be an ep on the series D? Curious for some backstory! 030
Reposted by Dirkjan Ochtmancinnamon 🐇 🏳️⚧️ @plushie.holdings · 24/08/2026ohhhh firefox are using jxl-rs and not libjxl for decode now ^-^ 1874
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 24/08/2026How do you think Oxide compares on this to AWS/Azure/GCP? 100
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 23/08/2026Should have a built-in Cargo feature for build script hashes plus a cargo-vet like mechanism for sharing… 120
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 20/08/2026I think min-publish-age is en route to stabilization. 250
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 20/08/2026On the other hand, feels like things like cfg(version) and other improvements that could lead to fewer build scripts and more restricted proc macros etc have been stuck in limbo for years. Something something closing the stable doors after the horse has bolted?? 230
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 20/08/2026Rust blog post: blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/20/s...blog.rust-lang.orgSupply chain attack on arrayref | Rust BlogEmpowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. 031
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 20/08/2026PSA: arrayref 0.3.10 (maintained by droundy, 54M recent downloads) appears to contain malware. rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/chann...rust-lang.zulipchat.comPublic view of rust-lang | Zulip team chatBrowse the publicly accessible channels in rust-lang without logging in. 0115
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 18/08/2026Macros or not? I wrote a router many years ago that was kind of interesting and Rusty: used match expressions to match on either path segments or methods. 001
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 15/08/2026IIRC some of the Voyager cast didn’t like Ryan’s appearance because they thought she was mainly there to provide eye candy for the male fans… similarly not sure if Dr. Jones fits in well with Dern and Hunt’s characters. 010
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 14/08/2026I guess per-server opt-in would be a client feature, not a server feature. 000
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 14/08/2026Sorry, but will definitely be implementing agent forwarding as I rely on it quite a bit myself. But maybe we can make it opt-in per server? 100
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 13/08/2026I've been working on OxiSH in my spare time for 20 months, targeting a modular design with modern cryptography. Would be happy to get your feedback on this project! 0150
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 13/08/2026Happy to announce a new project: OxiSH, a modern, memory-safe SSH server. dirkjan.ochtman.nl/writing/2026... Prossimo has three criteria for suggesting memory-safe rewrites: (1) widely used, (2) on a security boundary and (3) performing a critical function. This is clearly true for SSH servers.dirkjan.ochtman.nlOxiSH: a modern, memory-safe SSH server – Dirkjan Ochtman 26614
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 03/08/2026I have no clue why the web model picker keeps showing me different options (and also picking a different default) from the VS Code model picker. Been happening for months… 020
Reposted by Dirkjan Ochtmanryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 02/08/2026this owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...inverse.comThe adorable love story behind Wikipedia’s 'high five' photosNearly 14 years later, the tale of this iconic couple can finally be told. 453087784
Reposted by Dirkjan OchtmanNicholas Nethercote @nnethercote.bsky.social · 31/07/2026New blog post: How to speed up the Rust compiler in July 2026 nnethercote.github.io/2026/07/31/h...nnethercote.github.ioHow to speed up the Rust compiler in July 2026My last post on the Rust compiler’s performance was in December 2025. Let’s see what has happened since then. 68217
Reposted by Dirkjan OchtmanLucretiel @lucretiel.me · 30/07/2026So when are we going to make AI code get a handle on wildly overwrought commenting. One easy way to spot under-reviewed vibecoding is comments that are oddly verbosely fixated on one particular minor implementation feature (because that’s the most recent thing that was worked on) 0134
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 18/07/2026Who knew that representing state in the type system was useful... 030
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 15/07/2026On my trusty M1 Max, a tiny test crate with graviola 0.4 as its single dependency runs clean `cargo check` 1.31x faster than with sha2 0.11, and clean `cargo build` 1.11x faster. 070
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 14/07/2026Well, if you can raise the priority internally that might be nice? 😊 110
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 13/07/2026My pet peeve: when spam is deleted, the unread state for the channel is not reset so after a spammer has come along I need to manually reset all the spammed channels to read. Do you think that could be fixed, too? 170
Reposted by Dirkjan OchtmanTobias Bieniek @tobias.bieniek.cloud · 13/07/2026🦀 in case you're wondering what the crates.io team has been up to for the past 6 months: blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/13/c... - Source Code Viewer - Untangling crates.io Accounts from GitHub - Advisories and Suggestions - Cuter Error Pages - Svelte Frontend Migration Completed #rustlangblog.rust-lang.orgcrates.io: development update | Rust BlogEmpowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. 1309
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 13/07/2026I suppose asking for new contributors on a popular programming language blog is equivalent to inviting a slop tsunami. 0110
Reposted by Dirkjan OchtmanArmin Ronacher @mitsuhiko.at · 10/07/2026Shitty personal attacks in a blog post are one thing, but when people reply “now I like zig even more” really makes me wonder what went wrong in our communities. 71405
Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 08/07/2026Don’t think I want to run macOS betas, I’ll just wait for the GA. 000
