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The Mozilla Automation Team warns of a targeted social‑engineering campaign aimed at Rust community members and popular crate owners, using fake video‑call offers to deliver malware. They advise staying skeptical of cold outreach, using trusted call platforms, enabling MFA, and reporting any concerns to Rust security contacts.
The author argues that CSS-Tricks, a critical web development resource, has struggled under corporate ownership because it wasn't a core strategic priority. They propose a co-op model as a more sustainable alternative to preserve such valuable knowledge infrastructure, prioritizing cultivation over profit.
The author shares personal experiences encouraging conference attendees to approach speakers and give feedback, and urges speakers and organizers to facilitate those conversations. The post is a reminder that a simple compliment or chat can help speakers gauge impact and improve community connections.
The Internet Phone Book is a physical, art‑focused publication that curates personal websites of designers, developers, writers, and other creators. The page lists upcoming tour events, library locations, and where to buy the book, and invites submissions. No technical content, code, or engineering insights are present.
KCD Lima 2026 drew 2,244 registrations (900+ attendees), 60 speakers, and 11 sponsors, marking 75% growth over 2025. The organizer shares hard data and concrete takeaways: budgeting across currencies, vendor onboarding, venue layout, and the need for better coffee capacity, session timing, pre‑registration, and gender balance. The post also highlights the community profile (45% from finance, 15%…
Firefox is shifting to a two‑week release cadence starting with version 155 on Sep 1 2026 to deliver bug fixes faster and make schedules predictable; SUMO contributors will see more frequent support spikes and must adapt content and localization workflows.
This issue of *This Week in Rust* (2026‑08‑26) aggregates community news: official Rust announcements (maintainers‑in‑residence, next‑gen trait solver, supply‑chain attack on arrayref, function‑overloading experiment), a Mozilla JPEG‑XL tooling update, several observations (AI‑assisted C/C++ rewrites, enum‑to‑word speedup, compilation metadata shaving, driver state handling, async vs sync for a r…
