This Week in Rust - Issue #504

2023/07/20

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Rust, a language that empowers everyone to build reliable and efficient software, continues to make progress and gather a strong community. This weekly summary provides updates, observations, and thoughts on Rust's development and projects.

In terms of official project and tooling updates, the Rust community merged 391 pull requests in the last week. Notably, the Rust Compiler Performance Triage saw improvements in real-world benchmarks, with nearly 40 of them showing a performance boost of at least 1%. The full report can be found here.

The article also highlights approved RFCs (request for comments) for implementation and announces the "final comment period" for RFCs and key PRs. This is an opportunity for developers to express their opinions and provide feedback on upcoming changes to Rust.

For those interested in contributing to open-source projects, the article features tasks from the Rust community that are suitable for newcomers. Additionally, there is a call for testing for certain RFCs, encouraging users to experiment with the implementation and provide feedback before stabilization.

In terms of events, the article lists upcoming Rusty Events in different regions, including Asia, Europe, and North America. If you are organizing a Rust event, you can add it to the calendar to get it mentioned in future issues.

Lastly, the article includes a section on job opportunities in the Rust ecosystem, directing readers to the latest "Who's Hiring" thread on r/rust.

Stay tuned for more updates and don't forget to follow @ThisWeekInRust on Twitter or @ThisWeekinRust on mastodon.social to stay up-to-date with the latest news in the Rust community.