Luca Barbato

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Really happy to see the evolution of the @servo project in the last years since @igalia took over maintenance in 2023
https://blogs.igalia.com/mrego/servo-2025-stats/

Rather than polishing the new code, I spent most of this release improving test coverage and benchmark precision. Thanks to @lu_zero for CI configuration hints.
https://crates.io/crates/aehobak/0.0.14

I improved the cache locality of the content matching step: Indexes are now split over 16KiB input blocks and use half as much memory altogether. This improved differencing speed by about 20%, finally exceeding 4 times the speed of the bsdiff crate.

crates.io: Rust Package Registry

Many Linux users have recently reported their fans running at full speed and high temperatures. They discovered that Firefox was consuming all CPU cores, and it turns out that the cause was Firefox's new default AI features. This is how you ruin your product πŸ˜… https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/firefox_ai_scoffing_power/
Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power

: You guessed it: looks like it's a so-called AI

The Register

Went for a walk with @slomo today around sunset time and met some ducks. So I took some sunset duck pictures!

#Sunset #SunsetPhotography #Duck #Ducks #BirdWatching #BirdPhotography #Sea #Beach #Photography #Thessaloniki #Greece

Looking forward to #rustconf and #OxidizeConf, where I'll get a chance to dive into the details of the thought process and technical strategy that made this possible.

New Redis release, but with a twist.
It's the first release to include our #rustlang patches to Redis Query Engine!

In particular, it ships the new TrieMap implementation I wrote with Henk, as part of Mainmatter's ongoing collaboration with Redis.

New RCL 0.8.0 is out, with support for floats! This finally delivers on the json superset promise.

Try it out in your browser at https://rcl-lang.org/.

The RCL Configuration Language

crates.io: Rust Package Registry

It’s always a small relief to see others making the effort.

https://www.thegrindmag.ca/airborne-danger/

Airborne Danger

Stuffy, crowded classrooms mean kids are breathing in viruses and pollution. Parents are trying to make the air safer, but hitting roadblocks.

The Grind Magazine

New #rustlang `reqwest` v0.12.15 out right now!

Fixes for Windows proxies and HTTP/3

https://github.com/seanmonstar/reqwest/releases/tag/v0.12.15

Release v0.12.15 Β· seanmonstar/reqwest

What's Changed Fix http3 to support streaming response bodies by @ducaale in #2517 Fix Windows to support both ProxyOverride and NO_PROXY by @drewkett in #2601 Fix http3 dependency from public API...

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