Meet Rustacean Station, a new Rust “meta podcast”, and take a dive into the new 1.36.0 Rust release with Ben and Jon.

If you would like to offer Rust-related podcast content for us to host, or would like advice and resources on making your own Rust podcast, get in touch with us via the venues below!

• Twitter: @rustaceanfm
• Discord: Rustacean Station
• Github: @rustacean-station
• Email: hello@rustacean-station.org

In the episode

• 4:27 - std::future
• 11:29 - std::task
• 14:22 - the alloc crate
• 18:52 - std::collections::HashMap and hashbrown
• 22:50 - std::mem::MaybeUninit and the deprecation of std::mem::uninitialized (mentioned: Error::type_id destabilization and std::pin discussion)
• 36:24 - NLL for Rust 2015 (mentioned: MIR)
• 44:45 - cargo --offline and cargo fetch
• 46:50 - ongoing stdlib constification
• 47:25 - read_vectored and write_vectored
• 49:05 - Iterator::copied
• 49:58 - dbg! enhancements
• 51:19 - #[must_use] for is_err and is_ok

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Reece McMillin

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Ben Striegel

Hosts: Ben Striegel, Jon Gjengset

Special Thanks: Chris Krycho, Andrew Gallant, Mae McCauley

We interview Jimmy Cuadra about Matrix, an open and decentralized communication protocol, and his implementation in Rust known as Ruma.

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Timestamps & referenced resources

• [@01:35] - Meet Jimmy Cuadra

• [@04:46] - How did you get into Rust?

  • @bascule (Tony Arcieri)

  • The Rust Programming Language Book

• [@08:47] - What is Matrix?

  • Matrix: an open network for secure, decentralized communication

  • libpurple

  • Ruma: Introduction to Matrix

• [@14:32] - Why “Matrix”?

• [@16:44] - What forms of communication does Matrix enable?

• [@17:59] - What pieces of Matrix does Ruma implement?

• [@20:27] - Why did you decide to use Rust?

• [@23:52] - How challenging has Ruma been to implement?

• [@30:27] - What libraries does Ruma leverage?

  • Serde: a framework for serializing and deserializing data structures efficiently and generically

  • Diesel: a safe, extensible ORM and query builder

• [@34:02] - If you could start all over again, what would you do differently?

• [@38:57] - Does Ruma use any unstable Rust features? Has it previously?

• [@42:30] - What other implementations of Matrix exist?

• [@46:42] - How difficult to implement is the Matrix specification?

• [@52:59] - How close to maturity is Ruma?

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Reece McMillin

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Ben Striegel

Hosts: Abdou Seck, Ben Striegel