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rain 🌦️

@sunshowers.io

(gender)queer transsexual / they/them / eng @oxide.computer / atheist and scientific humanist / 🦀 #rustlang / #jj-vcs #1 fan / https://nexte.st / https://sunshowers.io also on mastodon: @rain@hachyderm.io / https://hachyderm.io/@rain

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sunshowersJun 2, 2026

iddqd, or the hardest kind of unsafe Rust

How Oxide's Rust collections library defends against adversarial trait implementations.

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sunshowersDec 2, 2025

In defense of lock poisoning in Rust

It's worth retaining one of multithreaded Rust's most valuable features.

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sunshowersNov 4, 2025

`SocketAddrV6` is not roundtrip serializable

An investigation into some lesser-known IPv6 features.

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sunshowersOct 3, 2025

Cancelling async Rust

Correctness in the face of cancellations: a written version of my talk at RustConf 2025.

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sunshowersMay 14, 2025

I didn't transition for the metaphysics

A case for knowledge over ignorance.

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sunshowersFeb 19, 2025

Demystifying monads in Rust through property-based testing

A jargon-free, practical explanation of monads as a design pattern.

monadsproperty-based-testing

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sunshowersJan 29, 2025

Free will quite clearly doesn't exist

A case for optimism.

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sunshowersJan 7, 2025

Why nextest is process-per-test

Why nextest runs each test in its own process: a game-theoretic view.

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sunshowersSep 3, 2024

Beyond Ctrl-C: The dark corners of Unix signal handling

An introduction to signals: a written version of my talk at RustConf 2023.

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sunshowersAug 4, 2024

Debugging a rustc segfault on illumos

Using `mdb` and `pmap` to find the cause of a crash.

illumosdebugging

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sunshowersJul 2, 2024

Professionals demonstrate empathy

I guess we're having this conversation again.

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sunshowersOct 9, 2023

ECC RAM on AMD Ryzen 7000 desktop CPUs

Getting ECC memory working on desktop CPUs.