This article is a story about optimising the size and performance of std::borrow::Cow<T> in Rust. It requires some basic knowledge of programming Rust, but doesn’t require any knowledge of the kind of low-level details of Rust’s compilation model. W... (more…)

This post will be a bit all over the place. Several months ago, I wrote Hard Mode Rust, exploring an allocation-conscious style of programming. In the ensuing discussion, @jamii name-dropped TigerBeetle, a reliable, distributed, fast, and small database w... (more…)

I’m a bit reluctant writing this, because it’s about a controversial and sensitive topic. Yet, after two days of sleeping on it, I hope this’ll hopefully not cause any more heated discussions and may help some mutual understanding. (more…)

A lightweight utility for styled terminal printing using ANSI escape codes - brysonbw/chroma-print... (more…)

A no_std graphics library for embedded applications - jamwaffles/embedded-graphics... (more…)