Coffee plants were supposed to be safe on this side of the Atlantic. But the fungus found them. (more…)

Recently I’ve been working on a project to surface census data via a GraphQL API, mostly as a way to learn GraphQL. I did end up learning GraphQL, but I also ended up learning a lot about proc macros. I was using Juniper, which creates a GraphQL schema us... (more…)

Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchronizing your type definitions between Rust and other languages for seamless FFI. - GitHub - 1Password/typeshare: Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchron... (more…)

System programming in Rust: beyond safety Balasubramanian et al., HotOS’17 Balasubramanian et al. want us to switch all of our systems programming over to Rust. This paper sets out the case. … (more…)

You may have heard of Rust by now. The new programming language that "pursuis the trifecta: safety, concurrency, and speed". You have to admit, even if you don't know what trifecta means, it sounds exciting. (more…)