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Said author should probably consider his bus factor and how critical his crates are to the ecosystem though... It's not a healthy state of affairs
January 18, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Said author should probably consider his bus factor and how critical his crates are to the ecosystem though... It's not a healthy state of affairs
I thought for a minute this was Plymouth in the UK. Part of it does feel spiritually British
January 17, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I thought for a minute this was Plymouth in the UK. Part of it does feel spiritually British
My past employer (BAE Systems) did this. They also stopped offering software apprenticeships some point in the early 2000s when it was deemed that software is too academic a discipline for an apprenticeship. Only hardware and mechnical engineering undergrad apprenticeships remained when I left
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
My past employer (BAE Systems) did this. They also stopped offering software apprenticeships some point in the early 2000s when it was deemed that software is too academic a discipline for an apprenticeship. Only hardware and mechnical engineering undergrad apprenticeships remained when I left
That means you then after doing that go into full time work, but have to balance study in your free time and pay some portion of the fees out of pocket. Most don't do this, the company then has a selection of workers who struggle to change employer due to no degree
January 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
That means you then after doing that go into full time work, but have to balance study in your free time and pay some portion of the fees out of pocket. Most don't do this, the company then has a selection of workers who struggle to change employer due to no degree
Another UK point, a lot of apprenticeship schemes are thinly disguised manipulation. Often they won't match grad salaries until you "finish" the degree attached with it and get a full bachelors equivalent degree. But often the only paid part is the hnd (equivalent to bachelors with no dissertation)
January 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Another UK point, a lot of apprenticeship schemes are thinly disguised manipulation. Often they won't match grad salaries until you "finish" the degree attached with it and get a full bachelors equivalent degree. But often the only paid part is the hnd (equivalent to bachelors with no dissertation)
Ah yes people with wealthy families who already attended those unis and dropped out with connections and some record of academic accomplishments before doing so...
January 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Ah yes people with wealthy families who already attended those unis and dropped out with connections and some record of academic accomplishments before doing so...
In the UK at least the advice that you don't need a degree is very boomer brained. Your opportunities to get into software dramatically drop without it unless you can get into a startup and do high impact high visibility work
January 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
In the UK at least the advice that you don't need a degree is very boomer brained. Your opportunities to get into software dramatically drop without it unless you can get into a startup and do high impact high visibility work
The new Avatar film is in 3D as well, maybe a use for all those neglected 3D glasses in the future...
January 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
The new Avatar film is in 3D as well, maybe a use for all those neglected 3D glasses in the future...
Lego doing ASIC design was not on my tech bingo. Very cool!
January 7, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Lego doing ASIC design was not on my tech bingo. Very cool!
Also no mention of work things, while there were some interesting technical challenges it's not open source and I don't feel like advertising them today
January 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Also no mention of work things, while there were some interesting technical challenges it's not open source and I don't feel like advertising them today
It's suitable for embedded so it's a question of the certifiable tooling. Plus if you look at things like MISRA-C (a set of safety recommendations for C), a lot of the rules are things made impossible by rusts semantics. I'm not sure if it's in a production medical device yet but it's in cars now
January 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
It's suitable for embedded so it's a question of the certifiable tooling. Plus if you look at things like MISRA-C (a set of safety recommendations for C), a lot of the rules are things made impossible by rusts semantics. I'm not sure if it's in a production medical device yet but it's in cars now
Actual safety critical. After things like ferrocene getting rust ASIL certified there's a push from the foundation to lower friction more and help get rust into other high integrity environments (aerospace, medical devices etc)
January 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Actual safety critical. After things like ferrocene getting rust ASIL certified there's a push from the foundation to lower friction more and help get rust into other high integrity environments (aerospace, medical devices etc)
Good read - I'll have to try out rten on our silero library in the new year and see how it impacts speed/binary size! Btw on mobile (android chrome) it kept scrolling me up to the top of the page whenever I got down to the part on loading onnx directly
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Good read - I'll have to try out rten on our silero library in the new year and see how it impacts speed/binary size! Btw on mobile (android chrome) it kept scrolling me up to the top of the page whenever I got down to the part on loading onnx directly
As a side note I would be happy to do it with an MCU but only because it's fun not because it's a good idea
December 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As a side note I would be happy to do it with an MCU but only because it's fun not because it's a good idea
Yeah the one I'm thinking of was a startup aiming at scanning nuclear materials etc so had much less powerful hardware but radiation hardened. Not a normal case but one I interviewed with 😅
December 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Yeah the one I'm thinking of was a startup aiming at scanning nuclear materials etc so had much less powerful hardware but radiation hardened. Not a normal case but one I interviewed with 😅
There's some ones with a handheld device for scanning. But the ones I've seen just send IMU LiDAR and/or camera data over wireless to a PC that does the heavy processing
December 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
There's some ones with a handheld device for scanning. But the ones I've seen just send IMU LiDAR and/or camera data over wireless to a PC that does the heavy processing
Oh that is a very helpful reference. Thank you 🦀
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Oh that is a very helpful reference. Thank you 🦀
I should revisit that project, maybe a goal for 2026 if I can kick my dwarf fortress addiction
December 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I should revisit that project, maybe a goal for 2026 if I can kick my dwarf fortress addiction
A few years ago I wanted to use one of the rtt crates to write out a binary file via JTAG (trying to copy defmt a bit but binary data). Is there a nice workflow for something like this already in the ecosystem or is it a bit roll your own?
December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A few years ago I wanted to use one of the rtt crates to write out a binary file via JTAG (trying to copy defmt a bit but binary data). Is there a nice workflow for something like this already in the ecosystem or is it a bit roll your own?
It's mandatory? I just assumed it was a recommended thing they do
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's mandatory? I just assumed it was a recommended thing they do
Damn I hoped better for Lula 🥲
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Damn I hoped better for Lula 🥲
The leaders of countries not saying anything doesn't surprise me, the USA basically has a license to run riot over the world. The silence from the left wing figures in the UK and other countries is surprisingly though.
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The leaders of countries not saying anything doesn't surprise me, the USA basically has a license to run riot over the world. The silence from the left wing figures in the UK and other countries is surprisingly though.