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Matt Bolitho
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Software @ Alpine Formula One Team
🌍 Oxfordshire, UK
🔗 https://mattbolitho.github.io/
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kevincollier.bsky.social
Just got a great set of emails from the FBI.
September 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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rust-lang.org
Rust 1.90.0 has been released! ✨🦀

This release makes LLD the default linker on x86-64 linux-gnu and adds `cargo publish --workspace` to publish an entire workspace all at once!

Check out the blog post and release notes for more: blog.rust-lang.org/2025/09/18/R...
Announcing Rust 1.90.0 | Rust Blog
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
blog.rust-lang.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
mattbolitho.bsky.social
Had a great time speaking at @dotnetoxford.com yesterday!
The author giving a presentation in front of a crowd of roughly 20 people.
June 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
mattbolitho.bsky.social
Giving my first ever talk tonight!
June 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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c-official.bsky.social
To celebrate the release of the Nintendo Switch 2™, the C committee has added an Easter egg to the C programming language called the "switch" statement! Connect your compiler with your Ninteno Online™ account to try it out!
June 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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freya.bsky.social
opt out here: www.facebook.com/help/contact...

www.theverge.com/news/648128/...
Meta AI will soon train on EU users’ data
Now’s your chance to train Meta AI some more (or opt out).
www.theverge.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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bcantrill.bsky.social
BREAKING: In an early morning ruling, a federal judge has wished you a Happy #Caturday
Our orange Siberian cat, Royal McBee, snoozes on a chair
February 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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accuconf.bsky.social
2025 is here - and so is the ACCU 2025 schedule!

Check out all the talks, including our four fantastic keynotes - as well as seven workshops (including some online options):
ACCU 2025 : News
As we end the second week of the year, I don't know about you, but I'm still writing 1996 on my cheques. But a new year, of course, means looking forward to another ACCU conference - and we're now…
buff.ly
January 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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janokins.bsky.social
Reminder that we can inform the UK government about the risks of AI until Feb 25. It is a lot to do all in one go, but you can come back to it. Thanks to @freya.bsky.social and her latest video for reminding me about it.
ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com/ipo/consulta...
Consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence - Intellectual Property Office - Citizen Space
Find and participate in activities run by Intelluctual Property Office
ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
mattbolitho.bsky.social
🎊 Happy New Year 🎊

Enjoyed a rest at home with family. Let's see what 2025 brings!
A flat, sandy beach at low tide on an overcast day A meandering river estuary. There is a small floating pontoon with sail boats moored. The sky is partially cloudy. A viaduct connecting two small green hills over a field. The sky is cloudy. A small waterfall feeding a wider, shallow stream in a woodland.
January 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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phoronix-poster.bsky.social
Fish Shell Outlines Their Successes & Challenges Going From C++ To Rust - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fish-Shell-Rust-Challenges
Fish Shell Outlines Their Successes & Challenges Going From C++ To Rust
Earlier this month the Fish Shell 4.0 went into beta with the C++ code ported to Rust. Now with most of the Fish Shell code transitioned to Rust, the project put out a blog post this weekend outlining the successes and challenges they have encountered in porting their large C++ codebase to Rust...
www.phoronix.com
December 29, 2024 at 11:44 AM
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phoronix-poster.bsky.social
A "Safe C++" Being Explored Using The New ClangIR - https://www.phoronix.com/news/RFC-Safe-CXX-Using-ClangIR
A "Safe C++" Being Explored Using The New ClangIR
An interesting "request for comments" proposal I have been meaning to write about since last month is in-development work developing "Safe C++" as an extension to the LLVM Clang compiler and making use of the new, in-development ClangIR...
www.phoronix.com
December 28, 2024 at 2:09 PM
mattbolitho.bsky.social
One of my favourite talks from Meeting C++ this year!
December 22, 2024 at 8:27 PM
mattbolitho.bsky.social
Spotted a @kevlin.bsky.social at my local garage
A large TV matrix in a car dealership is displaying a blue screen of death.
December 2, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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smileykeith.bsky.social
"The two factions of C++" is a great read: herecomesthemoon.net/2024/11/two-...
The two factions of C++
The dream of a single dialect-free C++ has probably been dead for many years, anyway.
herecomesthemoon.net
November 26, 2024 at 4:35 PM
mattbolitho.bsky.social
A snowy autumnal lunchtime walk - the fringe benefits of a rural office 🍁🌨️
A road by the edge of a green forest. The verges and stone walls on each side of the road are dusted with snow. The centre of an English village. A war memorial is raised above a snowy green A road through a village with high stone walls. The floor is littered with autumn leaves. An entry road into a English village. In the background, a stone house peeks above a snow covered wall.
November 19, 2024 at 5:26 PM