$1M Microsoft Donation to Fund Key Rust Foundation & Project Priorities

The Rust community doubled its number of users over the past two years -- from two million in the first quarter of 2022 to four million in the first quarter of 2024.

DARPA Wants All C Converted To Rust

After more than two decades of grappling with memory safety issues in C and C++, the software engineering community has reached a consensus. It’s not enough to rely on bug-finding tools. The preferred approach is to use “safe” programming languages that can reject unsafe programs at compile time, thereby preventing the emergence of memory safety issues.

CSS3 (~2009-2012):

Level 3 CSS specs as defined by the CSSWG. (immutable)

CSS4 (~2013-2018):

Essential features that were not part of CSS3 but are already a fundamental part of CSS.

CSS5 (~2019-2024):

Newer features whose adoption is steadily growing.

CSS6 (~2025+):

Early-stage features that are planned for future CSS.

System Design: How to Scale a Database

CORS: the ultimate guide

Intel’s on a long, long road to recovery, and over 15,000 workers will no longer be coming along for the ride. The chipmaker just announced it’s downsizing its workforce by over 15 percent as part of a new $10 billion cost savings plan for 2025, which will mean a headcount reduction of greater than 15,000 roles, Intel tells The Verge. The company currently employs over 125,000 workers, so layoffs could be as many as 19,000 people.

A .NET library to generate Mermaid diagrams code.

5 JavaScript Security Best Practices for 2024

Any JavaScript web application needs to have a Content Security Policy (CSP), a browser security standard that dictates what the browser is allowed to load — whether that be a domain, subdomain, or resource. Without a CSP, hackers can exploit cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, potentially resulting in a data breach.