A few things in the Rust standard library that I don't like:

- Threading using JoinHandles (because I forget to join them)
- `std::collections::LinkedList` (because Vec is superior in 99% of the cases)
- Path Handling (because it has surprising edge-cases)
- Platform-Specific Date and Time Handling (because it doesn't behave the same across operating systems)

Couldn't find a summary of these issues and their alternatives, so I wrote one:

https://corrode.dev/blog/sharp-edges-in-rust-std/

#rustlang #rust

People who moan about Europe not having a Google or Meta. Because of regulation and shit and because (of course) we in Europe don't like success.

It's always funny, because to me, the system is working. I don't want an unregulatable, too-big-to-fail hot mess of a company in Europe.

This may not be 100% intentional and I am not saying that EU regulations are without fault.

I just become increasingly suspicious of people who advocate for slashing them.

It's that time again! The systemd v258 release is coming closer. Let's restart the "what's new" series of posts for this iteration! Hence:

1️⃣ Here's the 1st post highlighting key new features of the upcoming v258 release of systemd. #systemd258

As most of you probably know "systemctl start" is how you manually start a systemd unit. Starting a unit can fail, and systemd tracks that for you and tells you this. When you encounter such a failure the next thing you'd typically do…

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It takes on specific set of skills to develop software. People with these skills are often called programmers or software engineers.

It takes another set of skills, only partly overlapping, to install software (from source or otherwise) and to run it for other people, taking care of uptime, updates, etc. These people are often called syadmins, or devops.

It takes yet another set of skills, again only partly overlapping with the previous two, to package software for installation.These are rare.