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• Post #4499704

  I was asked recently about the cost of running a (#rustlang) conference and why the ticket prices are what they are. We figured we can just publicly share the numbers for RustWeek, in the name of #transparency. :) RustWeek has many subevents (conference, hackathon, unconference, workshops, Rust All Hands, etc.), but I've tried to extract just the two day conference part of RustWeek 2026: Venue rent: € ~50k Lunch, snacks, drinks two full days: € ~130k (incl. catering services and exclusive...

• Post #4243928

  Imagine organizing a Rust conference and having zero women on stage. That's just embarrasing. https://oxidizeconf.com/

• Post #3474491

  Now I can finally commit Rust code crimes legally. 😌

• Post #3429810

  @Florapis@toot.wales Yeah I have one of those too. I love labeling random objects.

• Post #3424925

  Can't wait for this new release. 🎮

• Post #3365092

  Someone made the mistake of getting me a UV laser engraving machine. ... (It was me.)

• Post #3295465

  RE: https://hachyderm.io/@Mara/116681095337638018 I'm curious how many of the regular cinema guests we confused with our posters. (We put them here a day in advance.) :D

• Post #3295464

  Since RustWeek took place in a cinema, we ended the closing session properly with a cinematic credits roll. ✨ If you missed it or want to see it again: https://2026.rustweek.org/credits/

• Post #3053661

  Just like last year, we replaced a whole wall of movie posters with our own punny movie posters at the cinema where RustWeek 2026 took place. I designed seven new posters for this year's event. See the thread below 👇

• Post #2245614

  "We have been made aware of a potential incident and are shutting down all issuance." 😬 https://letsencrypt.status.io/

• Post #2158685

  Happy 10 year anniversary to this tweet! Has memory safety in C++ been solved yet? https://x.com/CppCon/status/646386191617626112

• Post #1817014

  I'm excited to share what I've been working on with @erikjee: RustNL's #rustlang Maintainers Fund! Many people and companies contribute to Rust, but there are fewer and fewer paid positions for general maintenance (reviews,cleanups,etc). We need to fix that. General maintenance is one of the most fundamental jobs in an open source project, but is one of the hardest to get paid for. Adding new features gets you promoted; keeping the lights on does not. But everything de...

• Post #1743736

  #rustlang hot take: We should rename .unwrap() to .or_panic(). (And .expect() to .or_panic_with().) "Unwrap" is a terrible name for the panicking function, especially since we also have things like .unwrap_or() and .unwrap_or_default() which never panic.

• Post #1739522

  It's finally time to announce the opening talk of the RustWeek 2026 main track! https://2026.rustweek.org/talks/taylor/ Don't forget to buy your tickets, before they run out!

• Post #1193899

  RE: https://hachyderm.io/@Mara/115373191721487331 Half a year later, I'm *very* excited to report that we got initial funding and have hired our first Rust maintainers! RustNL's Rust Maintainers Team now has two full time maintainers, one intern, and five part-time maintainers, now stably employed to continue their invaluable maintenance work that is crucial for Rust’s long-term sustainability. https://rustnl.org/maintainers/

• Post #1142510

  RE: https://fosstodon.org/@rustnl/116397366557742385 The "average Rustacean causes 100 segfaults a year" factoid is actually just a statistical error. The average Rustacean causes zero segfaults per year. Segfault Nia, who lives in cave & causes over 700 million segfaults each day, is an outlier and should not have been counted.

• Post #875780

  Did you know that RustWeek 2026 is held in one of the largest cinema's of the Netherlands? This means: extremely comfortable seats, great air conditioning, perfect audio, and a very big screen: over 280m², the 2nd largest in the country! ✨ Don't forget to buy your tickets! https://2026.rustweek.org/

• Post #803051

  @herzmut Unless I've unknowingly been making math courses in my sleep, you're mixing me up with someone else! (Freya probably?)

• Post #803050

  website: choose a password me: ,p?YG;qtChe?DAh@&o]`zg"k, website: sorry, not strong enough. needs to contain a number.

• Post #495380

  Pink!

• Post #495379

  If you want a Rust button and a discount code for RustWeek, come find me at FOSDEM this weekend! I now have bright pink hair, so should be easy to find :) #rustlang #rustweek #fosdem

• Post #495378

  🦀 I've improved the implementation behind all the string formatting macros in Rust: println!(), panic!(), format!(), write!(), log::info!(), and so on. (That is, everything based on format_args!().) They will compile a bit faster, use a bit less memory while compiling, result in smaller binaries, and produce more efficient code! 🎉 'Hello world' compiles 3% faster and a few bigger projects like Ripgrep and Cargo compile 1.5% to 2% faster. And those binaries are roughly 2%...

• Post #495376

  After carefully reading and ranking a record number of 185 submissions from 148 speakers, we finally finished the talk selection for RustWeek 2026! I'm *really* excited about the lineup! Check it out here: https://2026.rustweek.org/blog/2026-02-13-speakers-announced/ Don't forget to buy your ticket! See you in Utrecht!

• Post #495374

  RE: https://hachyderm.io/@Mara/112149802860130754 I am once again sitting in a very fast train to London for #RustNationUK. See you all there!

• Post #495373

  I made another 120 Rust buttons for you all this morning. If you want one, come find me at #RustNationUK on Thursday! I have bright pink hair now, so should be easy to find.

• Post #495372

  The schedule including the talk details for RustWeek 2026 is now published! https://2026.rustweek.org/schedule/tuesday/ https://2026.rustweek.org/schedule/wednesday/ Which talks are you most excited about? :D Don't forget to buy your ticket!