RE: @sovtechfund@mastodon.social
Very happy to partner with @sovtechfund@mastodon.social on the expanded #SovereignTechResilience program!
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Rust 1.99.0 has been released, and this time both @folkertdev@hachyderm.io and Björn have 100+ contributions to their name, and Folkert co-hosted the Changelog video!
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLV9AJxnb1U
Read the blog here: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/10/01/Rust-1.99.0/
Last year, we won a coveted government contract: building open source candidate nomination software for the Dutch Electoral Council (Kiesraad). Hugo was interviewed about the process, and why we took the odds: https://opensourcewerken.nl/blog/view/6e0b404a-d054-40ac-9124-c5391b74f7fb/ook-mkber-kan-een-it-aanbesteding-winnen-kiesraad-is-een-goede-opdrachtgever
Testing the code of a newly written HAL is an essential but tedious, not to mention recurring, part of our work; so Vivian and @tamme@fosstodon.org developed a PoC for a universal test suite! Read more here: https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/240/PoC-for-universal-hardware-in-the-loop-HAL-test-suite/@0x76@fedi.xirion.net#rustlang #embedded #softwaretesting
Dion and Hugo will be attending Oxidize 2026 in Berlin on 15-16 September!
Reach out if you’d like to meet up!
#rustlang #OxidizeConf #embeddedrust
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RE: @kiesraad@social.overheid.nl
The Abacus team, including Ruben and Marlon, attended the RustWeek Hackathon to collaborate with participants on Dutch election software 
Async Rust is amazing, but not flawless; async bloat is an issue. In this blog, @diondokter@fosstodon.org explains the causes of async bloat, and some workarounds: https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/235/debloat-your-async-rust
Thanks to all who made the RustWeek Hackathon such a massive success for Abacus; 18 PRs came in that day; 15 for Abacus and 3 for the rust-eml-nl crate!
Curious about our work on Dutch election software for the Electoral Council (@kiesraad@social.overheid.nl), or maybe even looking to contribute? Check out the Abacus repo here: https://github.com/kiesraad/abacus
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We're headed to Utrecht for RustWeek! Come meet (nearly) all of us at our booth, shared with @trifectatech@fosstodon.org!
This year, we're Organizing Partner; Erik is an organizer; Folkert is speaking; Hugo is hosting the Industry Track; Tamme is an Industry Expert; Ruben is at the Hackathon; Dion, Björn, Tamme and Folkert are at the Unconf and/or All-Hands; and everyone else is around!
Want to hack on Dutch election software with us? Join the RustWeek Hackathon! Thursday 21 May, 9.00am, in Utrecht!
The Abacus engineers will be on-site with several good first issues and challenges, and they would love your input and proof-of-concept ideas! Ruben wrote down all you need to know in this blog: https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/236/contributing-to-dutch-election-software-at-rustweek-2026
Sign up for the Hackathon here: https://www.meetup.com/rust-nederland/events/314301699/
Async Rust is amazing, but embedded application shows that it is far from the zero cost abstractions we were promised. Dion proposes to fix this problem at the root, in the compiler: https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/237/async-rust-never-left-the-mvp-state
If you're with a company or organization that can benefit from this work and is willing help fund it, please reach out to @diondokter@fosstodon.org!
**Announcing** Mark Janssen, Software Architect at the Dutch Electoral Council (@kiesraad@social.overheid.nl), will deliver a talk on scaling up Rust development at the Dutch Electoral Council at the RustWeek Industry Track on 19 May, 2026!
Details and tickets: 2026.rustweek.org/talks/mark/
Hugo van de Pol recaps the Industry Track at RustWeek 2026: Are we mainstream yet? https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/238/are-we-mainstream-yet
Michiel and Marc performed a thorough shakedown of the algorithms behind (future) Dutch election results: https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/156/putting-seat-calculations-in-dutch-election-software-to-the-fuzz-test
These algorithms are part of Abacus, new open-source software to support future Dutch elections, currently being developed by the Dutch Electoral Council (@kiesraad@social.overheid.nl).
**Announcing** The Rust Foundation is an Industry Partner of the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track.
Find out more about the Rust Foundation here: https://rustfoundation.org/
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
The CRA is now imposing security requirements on all commercial products with software components, and we're here for it. Read about manufacturers' new responsibilities, and how we help our clients tackle them, in Hugo's blog: https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/239/developing-cra-compliant-products-with-us/
Folkert is speaking at RustWeek on Tuesday 19 May! He will walk us through his experiences working on the Rust compiler, 'Stabilizing decade-old features'.
More info, tickets and livestream here: https://2026.rustweek.org/talks/folkert/
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**Announcing** Volvo Cars is an Expert Partner of the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track. Julius Gustavsson will guide the conversation about introducing Rust in a conservative environment!
Find out more about Volvo Cars here: https://www.volvocars.com/
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
** Announcing ** Matthias Endler is interviewing Alice Ryhl and Greg Kroah-Hartman! Catch the live podcast recording of 'Rust in Production: Oxidizing the Linux Kernel' at the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track.
Open to all RustWeek attendees!
Schedule and tickets: https://2026.rustweek.org/schedule/tuesday/
**Announcing** Alex Garella, Founder of RustJobs, will lead the conversation at the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track on hiring Rust engineers.
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
**Announcing** Matthias Endler, Rust Consultant and Founder of Corrode, will lead the conversation at the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track on planning your Rust migration.
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
The internet has a hole at the bottom of its trust stack, and we need to do something about it. The internet needs secure time synchronization to fortify the security of our digital world.
We present a path toward the adoption of securely synchronized time:
https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/122/a-safe-internet-requires-secure-time
#rust #rustlang #internetsecurity
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**Announcing** KDAB is an Expert Partner of the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track. Till Adam will guide the conversation about applying Rust in regulated environments!
Find out more about KDAB here: https://www.kdab.com/
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
**Announcing** Till Adam, CCO at KDAB and Board Member at Ferrous Systems, will lead the conversation at the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track on applying Rust in regulated environments.
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
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**Announcing** TMC is an Industry Partner of the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track.
Find out more about TMC here: https://www.themembercompany.com/
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
**Announcing** Corrode is an Expert Partner of the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track. Matthias Endler will guide the conversation about planning your Rust migration!
More about Corrode: https://corrode.dev/
More about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
**Announcing** RustJobs is an Expert Partner of the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track. Alex Garella will guide the conversation about hiring Rust engineers!
Find out more about RustJobs here: https://rustjobs.dev/
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
You can now watch Max and ElaadNL's Stijn explain openleadr-rs at @fosdem@fosstodon.org 2026: https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/233/video-openleadr-rs-for-demand-response-fosdem2026
openleadr-rs is an opinionated, open-source Rust implementation of the OpenADR 3 protocol for automated demand-response in electricity grids (e.g. dynamic pricing, load shedding).
*ANNOUNCEMENT* ISRG's @ProssimoISRG@infosec.exchange has officially made us the new home of "ntpd-rs", the #opensource #memorysafe implementation of the Network Time Protocol.
We are proud to be the new long-term maintainers, and as such are looking for early adopters.
Thanks to Josh Aas and Prossimo for the their trust and support!
https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/90/memory-safe-network-time-ntp-has-new-home-seeks-early-adopters
**Announcing** Wyliodrin is an Industry Partner of the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track.
Find out more about Wyliodrin here: https://wyliodrin.com/
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
Our openleadr-rs team have released v0.2.0-rc1. This release candidate is the first feature-complete implementation of OpenADR 3.1!
Read more here: https://github.com/OpenLEADR/openleadr-rs/releases/tag/v0.2.0-rc1
**Announcing** Ferrous Systems is an Expert Partner of the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track. Till Adam will guide the conversation about applying Rust in regulated environments!
Find out more about Ferrous Systems here: https://ferrous-systems.com/
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
**Announcing** Technolution is an Industry Partner of the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track.
Find out more about Technolution here: https://www.technolution.com/
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
**Announcing** Microsoft is an Expert Partner of the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track.
Find out more about Microsoft here: https://www.microsoft.com/
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/
**Announcing** Ron van der Pols, Mission Critical Software Engineer at Schuberg Philis, will explain how and why their team chose Rust for the application layer of the country’s next-generation smart meters, at the RustWeek Industry Track on 19 May, 2026!
Details and tickets: https://2026.rustweek.org/talks/ron/
During his work on Trifecta Tech Foundation's compression projects, Folkert ran into some limitations of Rust itself. Can he fix it? Yes, he can. Read about several recent contributions to the Rust compiler: https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/234/fixing-our-own-problems-in-the-rust-compiler
If you or your team hit similar roadblocks, we're happy to help; Get in touch!
**Announcing** Martin Kooij, Team Lead at Rocsys, will lead the conversation at the RustWeek 2026 Industry Track on software life cycle costs.
More info about the Industry Track at RustWeek: https://2026.rustweek.org/industry/