We build a lot of code at Mozilla. Every time someone pushes changes to the code that makes up Firefox we build the application on multiple platforms in a variety of build configurations. This means that we’re constantly looking for ways to make the bui...

I don’t think I’d surprise many people if I told them a Rust program was often faster than a Python program but today I wrote a small “script” that scanned a large log file for a regular expression and was surprised to find the Rust version ran >400x f... (more…)

Today, on behalf of the Rust Core team, I’m excited to announce the Rust Foundation, a new independent non-profit organization to steward the Rust programming language and ecosystem, with a unique focus on supporting the set of maintainers that govern and... (more…)

Often, developers today look at asynchronous I/O as a good thing, and as a binary choice. The reality is more nuanced. In this post, we'll explore the situation with a simple Rust example. (more…)

We recommend upgrading to the latest Safari, Google Chrome, or Firefox. (more…)