🔦 #rustconf keynote spotlight Jon Seager (@jnsgruk) from @Canonical will kick off #rustconf by charting the journey behind shipping Rust rewrites of coreutils and sudo in Ubuntu 25.10 — and what it means now that Ubuntu 26.04 LTS carries them with 15-year support. Wed Sept 9 in Montréal! Find this talk and many others on our schedule: sched.co/2IEzs

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𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗔𝗔 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀!🏆 We are incredibly proud to celebrate the brilliant minds who rose to the challenge during the Rust Africa Hackathon 2026. After evaluating several impressive projects, three teams stood out for their technical excellence and impact: 🥇 𝗘𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗢𝗦 - $1,500 🥈 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 - $1,000 🥉 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 - $500 Beyond the cash prizes, our winners will also take home JetBrains RustRover All Products Annual Pack licenses to keep their momentum going. A Huge thank you to @rust_foundation , @rustrover, @rustjobs_dev and all our supporters for making this possible. 🚀 To every participant: Whether you're on the podium or not, you’ve added a brick to the foundation of Rust in Africa. The Rust ecosystem in Africa is growing fast, and your contributions are why. Carry this momentum forward, the world is waiting for what you build next! 🎁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟯! @RustRover is awarding Quarterly Pack Licenses to our 4th through 10th place finishers. Stay tuned for the full Top 10 list—your name just might be on it! 🦀🔥

Rust is pretty great. xAI code is mostly Rust and 𝕏 is rapidly replacing legacy Twitter Scala code with Rust.

Thank you @RustNationUK for gathering passionate people at one place, incredible event and atmosphere! @VBragilevsky gave a Hands-On with Advanced Rust Types workshop at @RustNationUK yesterday. The room was packed as participants learned the nuances of associated types and GATs, and how they enable expressive abstractions while navigating current compiler restrictions. We’re happy to bring this challenge and make you grow 🚀🦀

The African tech scene is going all-in on Rust 🦀. Are you in? A $3,000 prize is on the line, and the competition is heating up fast. This is the moment to put your code where the money is Registration is ending soon. Join the hackathon at the link below.

Lastly, I'm proud of the progress at @RustKisumu. What started as community & learning is now live on the Play Store. Solid team, 50 downloads already and counting - feedback is golden. Don't forget to leave a review 🙌 play.google.com/store/apps/d…

The Rust Africa Hackathon is officially LIVE! 🦀🔥 Voices from Rust communities across the Africa are coming together to send one clear message: this is your moment to build. SECURE YOUR SPOT NOW👉🏾: luma.com/dr28xhfk

🦀 RustConf 2026 is looking for speakers! From production lessons to wild experiments, we want ideas that inspire, teach, and spark curiosity. CFP closes Feb 16. 📍 Montréal online, Sept 8-11, 2026 sessionize.com/rustconf-2026… #rustconf #rustconf26

One of our @RustKisumu LEADS just got accepted into @Web3Bridge Cohort XIV... 👀🦀 omo! What a way to close 2025! 🌉 #RustLang #Web3Bridge #RustKisumu

We’re excited to announce @rustrover as an Official Partner of the Rust Africa Hackathon 2026 !🦀 🏆𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬: • Annual All Products Pack licenses for Top 3 winners • Quarterly licenses for participants ranked 4–10 • Quarterly licenses for 3 randomly selected participants

Proud to support the Rust Africa Hackathon 2026 and help highlight the incredible talent across the continent. Looking forward to seeing what participants build with Rust! 🦀✨

Read our latest issue! 🦀 Rust Is Officially Part of Linux Mainline Today’s issue: Rust 1.92.0 Is Out, Zed’s Hidden Gems, and Redis-rs Is Finally Stable? open.substack.com/pub/weekly…

Hello Rustaceans 🦀 The Nigerian Rust Community is proud to announce the launch of it's official website!!! rustnigeria.org Big thanks to @aguda_akin, @mart_cpp, @iambenwis and @francisojeah for their work on this 🦀♥️

We're elated to officially announce The Rust Africa Hackathon 2026 ! ➜ 5 tracks, expert judges, real prizes, and a mission to spotlight Africa’s rising influence in the global Rust ecosystem. Come Build solutions that matter 🦀 Full Announcement🔗: rustafrica.org/the-future-is…

Why rfgrep uses memory-mapped I/O (mmap) to process files larger than available RAM and techniques to manage memory pressure dev.to/kherld/memory-mapped-…

Something BIG is coming Oct 1st🦀 Rust is one of the fastest-growing languages today. But how do you learn it effectively, and why should you? Join us as @FrancescoCiull4 and @mart_cpp discuss Rust Roadmaps and how to win in the game🚀 📅Date: October 1st 📍LIVE: All Platforms

The Rust Foundation is delighted to host this amazing gathering of the #rustlang community and can't wait to welcome you back next year in Montreal, September 8-11, 2026! rustconf.com

🚨 WE ARE LIVE ! Our Embedded Rust Workshop with Prof. Bart Massey is happening right now on YouTube & LinkedIn. Come learn, engage, and ask your questions in real time. YouTube🔗 : youtube.com/live/PZZfVAaYTP8…] Linkedln🔗 : linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…

🚀 @StellarEastAfri Hack Night Pitch Day – Kisumu From idea → product → pitch. ✨ Build w/ guidance 🚀 Ship your MVP/demo 🎤 Pitch to mentors, partners & the Stellar fam