Reposted by waffle .-.Terts Diepraam @tertsdiepraam.bsky.social · 8hCFP is open! Send us your talks! #rust #rustlang #rustweek #rustweek2027 011
Reposted by waffle .-.Mara Bos @mara.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Exactly one year ago I stepped down from my main responsibilities in the Rust project, because of burnout. Today, a year later, I employ about a dozen full-time Rust maintainers through Hexcat+RustNL. I'm not doing much technical work anymore, but this people stuff is also pretty fun and motivating. 3802
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 24/09/2026wheww. presentation done ✅ time to relaxxx :3 I was also told that there will be a recording ! 4331
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 23/09/2026I'm giving a talk titled "breaking changes are a social construct" tomorrow at the Amsterdam Rust meetup. You should come if you can! www.meetup.com/rust-amsterd...meetup.comRust Meetup @ BlockTech, Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 6:30 PM | MeetupJoin us for an evening of cutting-edge Rust talks, real-world use cases and great conversations hosted at BlockTech. This meetup is open to anybody who has an interest in t 2354
Reposted by waffle .-.PolyWolf @polywolf.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026sorry non-followers u get zero context for this cool image 321043
Reposted by waffle .-.Jake Bailey @jakebailey.dev · 22/09/2026please you must understand this is not a mental breakdown this is my life now 2827
Reposted by waffle .-.Demigirlboss @demigirlboss.win · 18/09/2026I HAVE THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN I KNEW I WAS RIGHT TO HOLD OFF ON BUYING A PRINTER. 2405
Reposted by waffle .-.Luna @moonbase.lgbt · 17/09/2026programming language where mutability is determined by whether the identifier starts with a vowel or a constonant 12906
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 17/09/2026I'm going insane. a seemingly trivial change makes benchmarks 2-8 times worse. yet when I copy those benchmarks out to a separate binary, there is no slowdown. 050
Reposted by waffle .-.Mara Bos @mara.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You can now sponsor RustNL's Rust Maintainer Team through GitHub Sponsors: github.com/sponsors/rus... The page also lists other options to send us money. With your support, we can make sure the Rust project stays well maintained and grow our team with new talent. 💛github.comSponsor @rustnl on GitHub SponsorsSupport our Rust Maintainers Team: https://rustnl.org/maintainers/ Over 30% of all pull requests on https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/ are either authored by or reviewed by our team. 1279
Reposted by waffle .-.Kate @katef.bsky.social · 16/09/2026took some time off work, went dancing tonight to get out of work headspace, danced with a guy in an adjacent town, and he's a compiler engineer and knows like half my colleagues and we talked about AST nodes and targeting ISAs via higher level IRs HOW DO I STOP WORKING PLEASE HELP 2985
Reposted by waffle .-.Nelind @nel.pet · 15/09/2026one pattern i keep noticing for myself is how much i wish people critiquing things i like would be better at doing it? like i have my issues with rusts syntax but most of the critiques of the syntax ive seen have ended up in comparing some pretty complicated rust code to some simple code in not-rust 4221
Reposted by waffle .-.Mia @mia.omg.lol · 14/09/2026when you think about it, Microsoft Teams / Slack notification noises are just clicker training for corpos 1101
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 13/09/2026little hurts more than "the thing that you've been procrastinating for months was actually important and you blew the deadline and now you have to accept the consequences" 5722
Reposted by waffle .-.Alice ✨ @welltypedwit.ch · 12/09/2026you know, i thought the reputation of cousot papers was at least a little exaggerated but no, they actually look like that lol (this is page 3) 8609
Reposted by waffle .-.Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026important industry terms to know about: B2B: buy to buy SaaS: service as a service MRR/MAU: your cat is hungry 6432102
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 10/09/2026"there is a type, alignment of which depends on the number of niches [in another type]" - statements dreamed up by utterly deranged 2231
Reposted by waffle .-.RustNL @rustnl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026** Ticket sales now open ** Get your tickets for RustWeek 2027! We lowered the ticket prices: privately-paid tickets are now 199 instead of 249 euro. A checkbox enables a 100 euro discount for those who can't afford the full price ✨️. See you in Utrecht! 2027.rustweek.org #rustweek2027 #rust2027.rustweek.orgRustWeek 2027 - RustWeek 2027RustWeek 2027, The Netherlands - May 24–29 2027. The world's biggest Rust conference returns to beautiful Utrecht, welcoming over 900+ community members, professionals and the maintainers of Rust. 01810
Reposted by waffle .-.Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Transitioning can actually make your life better. It's worth knowing this 3418113
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 09/09/2026my friend wrote a blog post about rust's never type, and specifically the misconception that has been ragebaiting me ever since I stabilized it go read it !! 0303
Reposted by waffle .-.annie @versary.town · 08/09/2026yes! ive figured it out ! the reason im barely writing is because my static site generator sucks. if only i could redo it from scratch, better, nicer, with less friction, id surely write more 7797
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 08/09/2026not be incorrect about the never type challenge 2026 (apparently impossible for people posting online .-.) 4210
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 08/09/2026"for all possible environment functions, there exists a demon behavior, [...]" my head hurts 231
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 08/09/2026do my eyes deceive me? did jj workspace colocation actually get merged?? github.com/jj-vcs/jj/pu...github.comworkspace add/forget: bridge jj workspaces with git worktrees by calebdw · Pull Request #9941 · jj-vcs/jjjj workspace add gains --colocate/--no-colocate to control whether a Git worktree is created alongside the jj workspace. With neither flag, a worktree is created only when the current workspace is ... 090
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 08/09/2026that's me btw, if you ever cared (follow the artist, she is great!!) 0550
Reposted by waffle .-.Vivian @0x76.xirion.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026I have a spare #mrmcd ticket, as I won't end up attending. Shoot me a message if you want it 013
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 03/09/2026it's so silly, my interrail ticket expires *just* before I could actually travel. what an unfortunate timing. I could have visited an oomf!! oh well... 0140
Reposted by waffle .-.Alona @alona.page · 02/09/2026dom mindset: every path to that node must go through me first switch mindset: i hope my case labels are consecutive so i can be transformed into a jump table sub mindset: i don’t care if my operands are signed or unsigned 0377
Reposted by waffle .-.Tom Lum @tomlumperson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Happy Baltimore Carbon Dating Day to all who celebrate 34310
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 01/09/2026⚠️ be careful when mentioning my name. I, just like the devil and bears, might appear 2250
Reposted by waffle .-.Luna @moonbase.lgbt · 01/09/2026in light of recent news i am going to switch from using 1password for everything to using one password for everything 2402
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 01/09/2026the amount of pants that tore specifically on my butt is actually concerning waaaaa 2190
Reposted by waffle .-.Andrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 31/08/2026Hey @1password.bsky.social, longtime customer here: stop giving your money to fascists. 19457131
Reposted by waffle .-.Mara Bos @mara.bsky.social · 31/08/2026We lowered the ticket prices for RustWeek! Individual tickets are now 199 instead of 249 euro. ✨ Additionally, we added a checkbox for an extra 100 euro discount, bringing the ticket price to just 99 euros for those who can't afford the full price. 💛 39414
Reposted by waffle .-.Alleesaur 🌺🦖 @alleesaur.bsky.social · 27/08/2026[ #oc ] witch of the stars 112165700
Reposted by waffle .-.Mara Bos @mara.bsky.social · 27/08/2026RustNL's Rust Maintainer Team has grown and now consists of 14 people, including three interns! ✨️ rustnl.org/maintainers/ Together, these people are either the author or a reviewer of more than 30% of all pull requests on the rust-lang/rust repository: 212519
Reposted by waffle .-.Rust Language @rust-lang.org · 26/08/2026We are very happy to announce our first Maintainers in Residence and Maintainer Grant recipients! Read all about the MiR program and the selected maintainers on our blog: blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/26/a...blog.rust-lang.orgAnnouncing our first Maintainers in Residence | Rust BlogEmpowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. 07517
Reposted by waffle .-.isabel @isabelroses.com · 26/08/2026i often think about bleeding out in the snow. too bad the uk never snows 2221
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 26/08/2026they fixed my favorite bug !! llvm no longer ignores alignment on avr !!! github.com/llvm/llvm-pr...github.com[AVR] alignment of stack allocations gets silently ignored · Issue #169190 · llvm/llvm-projectConsider the following translation unit: struct nya { int a; }; void g(void *); void f() { _Alignas(64) struct nya x = {3}; g(&x); } When compiled with clang as follows, the generated code doesn't ... 1330
waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 25/08/2026blog.ihatereality.space/0C-never-type/blog.ihatereality.spaceI stabilized never type | I hate realityyeah 2122737