Kicking off this weekend in Madrid, #IETF123 began with the #IETFHackathon on Saturday and Sunday. A fantastic way to start the week coding and connecting. Nearly 500 people registered and almost 60 projects. The Hackathon rooms are buzzing!

Found the perfect package manager for Rust binaries 🔥

📦 **cargo-seek** — A TUI for searching, adding and installing cargo crates.

💯 Supports searching, installing, opening docs/repository & more!

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/tareqimbasher/cargo-seek

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #crates #cargo #package #manager #terminal #opensource

It is weird to see the continuing fallacy in the software world that 'source code' is the most valuable asset, by far.

The most valuable asset is the knowledge, design decisions, rationale and intent encoded therein. Just because we don't have good languages to encode that does not change the value proposition.

That misplaced value equation is also at the root of the LLM-for-SE hype.

Teaching myself #riscv I learned a couple of things. One of them is that if you want to experiment by using qemu to emulate Linux on RISC-V, you can either search the internet looking for the right incantation and image file for qemu, or you can use the “—arch riscv” option with Lima VM (lima-vm.io), which you should be using for all your VM and container dev anyway.

https://www.electrive.com/2025/07/03/1-5-of-uk-drivers-have-irrational-fear-of-washing-evs/

The Helix Language (not to be confused with the exceptional Helix Editor).

https://github.com/helixlang/helix-lang

Looks like they are aiming at Rust:

"Helix adopts smart pointer concepts similar to C++'s std::unique_ptr and std::shared_ptr but integrates them more deeply into the language runtime to automate memory safety without manual intervention."

and

"While both Rust and Zig are excellent languages, they come with certain trade-offs that Helix seeks to address:

o Lack of OOP Support: Both Rust and Zig lack comprehensive OOP support, which is essential for certain domains like AI or game development.
o Strict Safety Mechanisms (Rust): While Rust's borrow checker is a powerful tool, it can sometimes be too strict, leading to complex refactoring for developers.
o Limited Features (Zig): Zig, while performant, lacks certain features like a macro processor that Helix provides."

I am already skeptical about the "easy-to-use" path of C++ as inspiration.

#rustlang

What is quantum AI? Is it a real thing or just two buzzwords smashed together?

Switching to Linux now looks like the least painful option.

#Apple #macOS #Tahoe #Gnome

At the ICANN83 DNSSEC And Security Workshop, we presented the flexible key management we have designed for our new #DNSSEC signing solution Nameshed. Philip explains how we avoid loading an unknown shared library into the signer process and how we keep track of state. #DNS #OpenSource #rustlang Slides: https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/icann83/09/2.5%20Homburg%20-%20Flexible%20Key%20Management%20in%20Nameshed.pdf?_gl=1*36t2bs*_gcl_au*MjAzNDMxMTY4MS4xNzQ5NDc3NDU4

I needed to replace my alternator recently. The brushes from the voltage regulator had worn down. If anyone thinks AI or any of this other wonder technologies are going to get us very far, then try fixing something for a change. I mean no robot is going to replace a skilled mechanic any time soon. And its soo much problem solving and learning on the way. The only reason that it is hyped as much, is that the people with the money have not done a single bit of actual work in a very long time/ever.

Happy Best Friend Day.
Take the time to talk to your friends. I promise it will make you feel a lot better than any companion AI or social media stalking.
#BestFriendsDay

More RISC V play. The VisuonFive2 board has a definite issue, and it is not the processor but the very slow I/O. As my OrangePi RV2 just landed on my desk, I thought I would give it a try. The I/O is much faster, and just in the couple of hours tinkering this thing feels very usable even for a desktop. I would say it is somewhere between an RPI4 and an RPI 5. But that is just my initial impression.

This means that RISC V is a definite threat to ARM at the lower-middle tier of the market.

#riscv #linux

Today… some tinkering. Debian on a StarFive VisionFive2. Though this is an image provided by StarFive, it looks like it is pulling riscv packages from the Debian unstable repo, which is nice.

And, of course, I wanted to see rust on it so I installed yes-rs for the added chuckle factor.

#riscv #linux #rustlang

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-28/this-7-000-single-seat-electric-car-has-become-a-hit-in-japan

New #rustlang reqwest v0.12.16 out now! 🦀

- Several HTTP/3 improvements.
- A redirect limit off-by-1 fix.
- Add headers for a proxy.

Includes internal refactors of types now in hyper-util or tower, like redirects, proxy matchers, and proxy connectors!

https://github.com/seanmonstar/reqwest/releases/tag/v0.12.16

Blazingly⚡️ yes!
#rustlang

https://github.com/jedisct1/yes-rs

Interesting… Canadian GitHub competitor: https://about.worktree.ca

Linux News: Armbian 25.5 Released with Support for Banana Pi M2+ and BeagleBone AI-64 SBCs https://9to5linux.com/armbian-25-5-released-with-support-for-banana-pi-m2-and-beaglebone-ai-64-sbcs #news #FOSS #linux