Rustacean Station

Jon and Ben discuss the highlights of the 1.65, 1.66, and 1.67 releases of Rust. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps & referenced resources [@01:11] - Rust 1.65 [@01:28] - Generic Associated Types More detailed blog post [@06:48] - let-else statements if_chain crate [@16:56] - break from labeled blocks [@19:21] - Splitting Linux debuginfo [@20:44] - Stabilized APIs std::backtrace::Backtrace [@22:41] - RLS deprecation [@23:19] - Changelog deep-dive [@23:30] - Cargo queue reordering Benchmarking results [@24:54] - Niches in data-filled enums [@27:23] - poll_fn and Unpin [@28:05] - Too many personalities [@29:20] - uninit integers are UB Working Group discussion [@33:23] - Uplift let_underscore lint [@35:13] - #[non_exhaustive] on enum variants [@36:27] - Rust 1.66.0 [@36:40] - Explicit discriminants on enums with fields Dark and forbidden secrets RFC [@40:05] - core::hint::black_box Tracking issue discussion [@46:34] - cargo remove [@46:52] - Stabilized APIs Mixed integer operations BTreeMap/Set first/last operations std::os::fd [@50:51] - Changelog deep-dive [@51:10] - Cargo publish changes [@53:33] - Don’t link to libresolv or libiconv on Darwin [@54:41] - sym in asm [@55:18] - Soundness fix for impl Trait [@57:27] - Allow transmutes across lifetimes [@57:45] - Unicode 15 [@58:24] - for loops over Option and Result [@1:00:38] - Rust 1.66.1 Security advisory. Affects primarily users with insteadOf in their git config. Prefer pushInsteadOf instead. You may also be interested in: Rustup 1.25.2 [@1:02:41] - Rust 1.67 [@1:02:45] - #[must_use] on async fn [@1:04:07] - sync::mpsc updated Long-standing mpsc panic The PR crossbeam crate CachePadded AtomicCell [@1:07:52] - Stabilized APIs NonZero*::BITS [@1:08:38] - Changelog deep-dive [@1:08:45] - Ratio-aware decompression limit Original CVE Original fix [@1:10:40] - Ordering of array fields [@1:13:08] - Compilation targets Sony PlayStation 1 target Remove linuxkernel targets Target configuration x86_64-unknown-none [@1:14:45] - Dataflow-based MIR constant propagation [@1:15:37] - The drop order twist The effect on let-chains let-chains tracking issue [@1:20:48] - Inconsistent rounding of 0.5 [@1:23:24] - Android NDK update in 1.68 [@1:23:54] - Help test cargo’s HTTP protocol Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Aerocity Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Jon Gjengset Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel

Allen Wyma talks with Aurimas Blažulionis, author of We Need Type Information, Not Stable ABI blog post, which details possible alternatives to a stable Rust ABI. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps [@0:00] - Who is Auri? [@3:07] - Auri’s background: video game development, hacking, and reverse engineering [@8:14] - Common advice for optimizing your code [@10:24] - Auri’s article on how to link multiple libraries together [@14:07] - What is an ABI (Application Binary Interface)? [@17:05] - ABI between C and C++ [@19:02] - ABI for Rust [@21:14] - Fat pointers and zero-size types [@23:50] - Writing FFI [@31:15] - C FFI in relation to a Rust ABI [@32:12] - System support for Rust [@39:30] - Auri’s blog and articles [@40:53] - Where to reach out to Auri Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Plangora Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Plangora Hosts: Allen Wyma

Allen Wyma talks with Adam Chalmers, software engineer at Cloudflare, which is a global network of servers located around the world, that uses Rust to help power and secure the internet. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps [@0:00] - Introduction to Cloudflare [@3:57] - Cloudflare’s edge computing [@7:56] - Running Rust binary on Cloudflare [@10:36] - Adams’ background and work history [@15:12] - How does Cloudflare provide web security? [@32:30] - Cloudflare’s transition and rewriting from C to Rust [@37:12] - Cloudflare’s data plane and control plane [@43:00] - Hacking and security issues on Apple and other devices [@50:56] - How does Cloudflare handle onboarding people to Rust [@1:00:09] - The importance of Rust’s performance and reliability for Cloudflare [@1:05:07] - Parting thoughts Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Plangora Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Plangora Hosts: Allen Wyma

Allen Wyma talks with Maxwell Flitton, author of Rust Web Programming which details how to build web services using Rust. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps [@0:00] - Introduction [@3:21] - What led Maxwell to write and publish books about Rust [@6:02] - Type-checking and Python crashes [@8:50] - Rust technology and its sustainability [@12:32] - Python vs Rust [@13:23] - Maxwell’s background and history [@16:11] - Details about Maxwell’s book Rust Web Programming [@19:19] - Using the actor model [@24:02] - Maxwell’s thoughts and motivation for publishing more books [@32:44] - Rust community [@35:19] - Rust innovations happening in London [@36:22] - Where to purchase the Rust Web Programming book [@40:14] - What to expect for the upcoming book editions [@43:48] - Parting thoughts Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Plangora Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Plangora Hosts: Allen Wyma

Allen Wyma talks with Shuang Zhu, creator of Rust Magazine, a Rust-focused online magazine that provides articles from experts and enthusiasts in Rust. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps [@0:00] - Introduction [@3:28] - Rust community in China [@4:03] - Shuang Zhu’s experience using Go [@7:30] - Go vs Rust [@11:21] - Rust Magazine [@11:42] - What separates Rust Magazine from other Rust publications [@18:01] - How to contribute and submit articles to Rust Magazine [@21:41] - How to apply as an editor for Rust Magazine [@22:08] - Publishing frequency for Rust Magazine [@24:04] - How to stay up to date with the Rust Magazine [@25:26] - What made Shuang Zhu decide to create Rust Magazine [@27:25] - Parting thoughts Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Plangora Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Plangora Hosts: Allen Wyma

Allen Wyma talks with Ernest Kissiedu, organizer of Rust Nation, a Rust-focused conference geared towards Rust beginners and the Rust-curious. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps [@0:00] - Introduction [@3:21] - Rust Nation’s purpose and goal [@5:14] - Ernest’s background and being the community lead of Rust London Community [@13:29] - Rust communities all around the world [@16:14] - Possible guests and speakers at the Rust conference. [@22:39] - Why you should attend the Rust conference regardless of how experienced you are with Rust [@26:44] - Choosing and narrowing down the list of speakers for the conference [@31:55] - How the Rust conference will be different from other conferences [@35:29] - How to join the Rust London Community Meetup group [@42:20] - Get 15% off on Rust conference ticket price use promo code RUSTACEAN-STATION [@50:31] - How to reach out to Ernest [@51:27] - Parting thoughts Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Plangora Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Plangora Hosts: Allen Wyma

Allen Wyma talks with Matt Butcher, CEO of Fermyon, who is working on Fermyon Cloud, a platform to deploy and host WebAssembly applications, with a prime focus on hosting Spin applications written in Rust. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps [@0:00] - Introduction [@2:13] - A deeper dive into the Cloud and its impact [@9:39] - Matt’s work experience on HP and HP Cloud. [@13:40] - Kubernetes [@20:07] - WebAssembly [@30:27] - Krustlet [@36:21] - Edge Computing [@41:05] - Fermyon Cloud [@50:48] - Where to learn more about Fermyon Cloud [@52:58] - Parting thoughts Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Plangora Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Plangora Hosts: Allen Wyma

Allen Wyma talks with Stephen Crane, CTO of Immunant, who is working on C2Rust, a library that transpiles C99-compliant C code into unsafe Rust. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps [@00:00] - C2Rust Introduction [@01:50] - How C2Rust works and its goal as a transpiler [@05:49] - Transpilers vs compilers [@12:30] - Unstructured control flow vs structured control flow [@16:32] - The process of transforming C to Rust projects [@19:15] - Parsing C code correctly [@22:13] - The importance of compiler flags on interpreting C Code [@28:45] - C++ vs C [@38:50] - When you should you look at using C2Rust [@45:04] - The best way to run your tests in Rust [@48:15] - Projects that are currently using C2Rust [@50:29] - Improving the usability and safety of the output of rust code [@53:55] - Parting thoughts Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Plangora Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Plangora Hosts: Allen Wyma

Allen Wyma talks with Seaton Ullberg, developer of kernel-density-estimation, a Rust library that computes kernel density estimations. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps [@0:00] - Introduction [@0:55] - Crate overview and how it works [@17:49] - Kernel Density Estimation vs other competing algorithms [@24:05] - Application uses of Kernel Density Estimation [@33:38] - Why write this library [@35:03] - Why use Rust when re-writing this library [@40:26] - Seaton using f64 as a feature [@42:20] - Parting thoughts Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Plangora Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Plangora Hosts: Allen Wyma

Allen Wyma talks with Gray Olson, developer of Presser, a library that aims to make it easier to safely work with byte buffers. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps [@00:00] - Gray’s background and introduction [@04:18] - Gray’s art and graphic designing work for Embark Studio [@08:40] - Ray tracing and fractals [@13:44] - The most expensive process in a video game [@16:48] - Vector graphics are so hard on the GPU [@18:57] - What makes triangles very useful in drawing and designing [@22:41] - Matrix math as a fundamental building block of computer graphics [@28:13] - Understanding the concept of uninitialized memory and why Presser is necessary [@36:31] - LLVM’s “No Uninitialized Memory” attribute. [@39:06] - Rust’s virtual machine [@40:52] - Allocating memory for data [@49:34] - Safety invariants and validity invariants in the Rust ecosystem [@53:19] - How to use unsafe code in a way that does not violate the validity invariant of Rust [@1:04:01] - Embark Studio’s mission to enable those who play games to also modify the game worlds they play in [@1:07:27] - Embark Studio’s Rust game projects [@1:09:08] - Parting thoughts Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Plangora Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Plangora Hosts: Allen Wyma