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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 2h

How long are you here?

Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 10h

In other words, this moves more of the complexity from the API user to the API provider, which seems like the right side of that trade-off to me. (Note that I still see a use for something between Copy and Clone, but further increases closure capture complexity seem like the wrong thing.

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 10h

One reason I’m excited about the Move/Destruct direction is that it should alleviate the use for callback-like APIs because more invariants/capabilities can be enforced via guard types, which allows API users to write more boring straight-line Rust code.

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 15h

Hot take: closures (above a certain fairly low complexity level) kinda suck and elaborating them into an explicit struct with an explicit method usually makes code easier to read. (More so in async world.) Instead, work on reducing the need (over guards), like partial borrowing?

nikomatsakis @nikomatsakis.com · 21h

New rust-lang blog post on explicit capture clauses, continuing to document thoughts about ergonomic ref-counting:

smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/bl...

Explicit capture clauses · baby steps

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 1d

Is it translating into revenue for you?

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 1d

edera.dev/stories/tarm...

TARmageddon (CVE-2025-62518): RCE Vulnerability Highlights the Challenges of Open Source Abandonware | Edera Blog

Edera uncovers TARmageddon (CVE-2025-62518), a Rust async-tar RCE flaw exposing the real dangers of open-source abandonware and supply chain security.

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 1d

This is going to be cool.

nikomatsakis @nikomatsakis.com · 1d

New #rust blog post on how we could get types that cannot be forgotten, types that must be moved, async and const drop, and other fun stuff:

smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/bl...

Move, Destruct, Leak, and Rust · baby steps

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 2d

RustSec advisories for TARmaggedon are coming soon (probably tomorrow).

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 2d

From the other direction, putting Oxide racks into shared data centers might get a lot of those wins.

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Greg Schier 👨‍💻 @schier.co · 3d

WTF. 🤯

Postman's server's are down and you can't even use desktop app with your local APIs!

This is exactly why I made yaak.app. It works offline, is open source, has no telemetry, no VC funding, and even syncs with Git!

Give it a try and let me know what you think ✨

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 3d

Just take the crates.io git commit, done.

(Until they squash again.)

crates.io: Rust Package Registry

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 3d

Unfortunately, not everyone seems to like it.

github.com/nushell/nu-a...

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Replace windows-sys dependency with generated bindings by djc · Pull Request #71 · nushell/nu-ansi-term

This avoids the substantial churn and large downloads from the windows-sys dependency in favor of generating checked in code using the windows-bindgen crate (which ultimately also generates the win...

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 5d

I’m tests/codegen.rs-pilled.

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 6d

I guess Pop!OS still wins, especially when Cosmic Desktop lands.

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Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert · 7d

It's been 14 months since the ML-KEM spec was published.

age still isn't PQ because it's waiting for trivial details of the HPKE hybrids to stabilize, but they are blocked on the CFRG.

The TLS, SSHM, and LAMPS (X.509) IETF WGs are not waiting for CFRG. I just posted a plea for HPKE to do the same.

[hpke] Let's ship post-quantum HPKE

Search IETF mail list archives

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 9d

Their chat messages do kinda feel like they’re structured for an LLM. 🤪

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 9d

Ahh, thanks for the pointer/reminder about Rosenpass!

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RustNL @rustnl.bsky.social · 9d

We're excited to announce a new initiative to support the Rust Project, our Rust Maintainers Fund!

We are setting out to employ 6 full-time maintainers and 6 interns in 2026 to make sure #rustlang is well maintained and bugs and contributions get the attention they need.

Read more: rustnl.org/fund

RustNL - Rust Maintainers Fund - Keeping the Rust Project maintained so you can focus on building reliable software

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 9d

TFW when someone asks you to "resolve compilation errors" in their post-quantum VPN implementation and it's 4k lines of slop.

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 9d

Any #rust suggestions on how to get build-std to work with sanitizers?

github.com/rust-lang/ru...

Running sanitizer tests fails with mixed ABI errors · Issue #147394 · rust-lang/rust

I tried this code: RUSTFLAGS="-Z sanitizer=address -Cunsafe-allow-abi-mismatch=sanitizer" cargo +nightly -Z build-std test --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --all-features I expected to see this ha...

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Servo @servo.org · 13d

Igalia is excited to announce a new commission from the Sovereign Tech Fund to advance the Servo web engine.

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Igalia, Servo, and the Sovereign Tech Fund | Igalia

Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and cl...

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 15d

I like Handle for the trait (noun) but as a method name I don’t love handle(). Especially since it’s both a verb (but in a way that doesn’t quite fit here) and as a noun (which also doesn’t quite fit since it matches getter style but it’s not really a getter).

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 16d

"[Ars Technica] asked Cruz's office to explain why a senator pressuring Wikipedia is appropriate while an FCC chair pressuring ABC is not and will update this article if we get a response."

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Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias

Cruz sends letter demanding answers from Wikimedia Foundation.

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 16d

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Dirkjan Ochtman @djc.ochtman.nl · 18d

It should probably have been stabilized years ago.

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