Great article! I just wanted to mention one use that’s not mentioned: Chromium Embedded Framework. I don’t think it ended up being very widely used overall, but before electron it was the best option for some similar scenarios. Google Web Designer (originally started outside of Google as Motorola Ninja or something like that) was where I saw it used in 2014 but the project was older than that.
https://support.google.com/webdesigner/answer/10043691?hl=en
Well my employer has decided to partner with Palantir, which means it's time for me to find a new job. I was a lot more willing to make 40% less than market rate when I knew my employer wasn't funding concentration camps because they want AI coding tools.
Anyway if you need a UX designer/researcher located around the Minneapolis-St. Paul region of Minnesota, USA who knows his way around US government regulations for CMS quality reporting, healthcare, enterprise software I'm looking!
For all of you who have been so incredibly helpful, I cannot thank you enough!
New blog post: I am a Rust compiler engineer looking for a new job
https://nnethercote.github.io/2025/07/18/looking-for-a-new-job.html
Not so happy, this one :(
UPDATE 2025-09-03: I have found a new job and will be starting next week. I will post more details soon. Many thanks to everyone who helped publicize this post and to everyone who contacted me about possible work. Rust is being used in many interesting places!
-Luigi Mangione, who killed an insurance executive, was charged with terrorism.
-Vance Boelten, who killed an elected Democratic representative & attempted to assassinate many more, was NOT charged with terrorism.
Someone explain this shit?
update: jfc.
The void in this man's soul is just fractally bottomless. If he wasn't also a menace to democratic civil society it would only be the saddest goddamn thing in the world.
Here's Stephen from a few days ago talking about the Paramount/Skydance merger, Paramount paying a $16 million "big fat bribe" to Trump, and how the new owner's desire to please Trump could put pressure on Stephen Colbert.
Funny how after paying that $16 million bribe, Paramount is cancelling the entire Late Show franchise for "financial reasons". Hey, I know where the money went!
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