#Software & tools

[jcmarchi]

Combining forces, GSAP & Webflow!

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Combining forces, GSAP & Webflow!

Change can certainly be scary whenever a beloved, independent software library becomes a part of a larger organization. I’m feeling a bit more excitement than concern this time around, though.

If you haven’t heard, GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform) is teaming up with the visual website builder, Webflow. This mutually beneficial advancement not only brings GSAP’s powerful animation capabilities to Webflow’s graphical user interface but also provides the GSAP team the resources necessary to take development to the next level.

GSAP has been independent software for nearly 15 years (since the Flash and ActionScript days!) primarily supported by Club GSAP memberships, their paid tiers which offer even more tools and plugins to enhance GSAP further. GSAP is currently used on more than 12 million websites.

I chatted with Cassie Evans — GSAP’s Lead Bestower of Animation Superpowers and CSS-Tricks contributor — who confidently expressed that GSAP will remain available for the wider web.

It’s a big change, but we think it’s going to be a good one – more resources for the core library, more people maintaining the GSAP codebase, money for events and merch and community support, a VISUAL GUI in the pipeline.

The Webflow community has cause for celebration as well, as direct integration with GSAP has been a wishlist item for a while.

The webflow community is so lovely and creative and supportive and friendly too. It’s a good fit.

I’m so happy for Jack, Cassie, and Rodrigo, as well as super excited to see what happens next. If you don’t want to take my word for it, check out what Brody has to say about it.

Direct Link →

[lanpartyx]

FFmpeg: The Ultimate Tool for Multimedia Processing

FFmpeg is a powerful open-source tool for handling multimedia files. Whether you’re encoding, decoding, converting, or streaming, FFmpeg is widely used for manipulating video and audio. Getting Started FFmpeg can be installed on various operating systems: Windows: Download from the official site. Here Mac: Use Homebrew: Brew install ffmpeg Linux: Install via package managers like APT or YUM: sudo…

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[mariacallous]

A pro-Russia disinformation campaign is leveraging consumer artificial intelligence tools to fuel a “content explosion” focused on exacerbating existing tensions around global elections, Ukraine, and immigration, among other controversial issues, according to new research published last week.

The campaign, known by many names including Operation Overload and Matryoshka (other researchers have also tied it to Storm-1679), has been operating since 2023 and has been aligned with the Russian government by multiple groups, including Microsoft and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. The campaign disseminates false narratives by impersonating media outlets with the apparent aim of sowing division in democratic countries. While the campaign targets audiences around the world, including in the US, its main target has been Ukraine. Hundreds of AI-manipulated videos from the campaign have tried to fuel pro-Russian narratives.

The report outlines how, between September 2024 and May 2025, the amount of content being produced by those running the campaign has increased dramatically and is receiving millions of views around the world.

In their report, the researchers identified 230 unique pieces of content promoted by the campaign between July 2023 and June 2024, including pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites. Over the last eight months, however, Operation Overload churned out a total of 587 unique pieces of content, with the majority of them being created with the help of AI tools, researchers said.

The researchers said the spike in content was driven by consumer-grade AI tools that are available for free online. This easy access helped fuel the campaign’s tactic of “content amalgamation,” where those running the operation were able to produce multiple pieces of content pushing the same story thanks to AI tools.

“This marks a shift toward more scalable, multilingual, and increasingly sophisticated propaganda tactics,” researchers from Reset Tech, a London-based nonprofit that tracks disinformation campaigns, and Check First, a Finnish software company, wrote in the report. “The campaign has substantially amped up the production of new content in the past eight months, signalling a shift toward faster, more scalable content creation methods.”

Researchers were also stunned by the variety of tools and types of content the campaign was pursuing. "What came as a surprise to me was the diversity of the content, the different types of content that they started using,” Aleksandra Atanasova, lead open-source intelligence researcher at Reset Tech, tells WIRED. “It's like they have diversified their palette to catch as many like different angles of those stories. They're layering up different types of content, one after another.”

Atanasova added that the campaign did not appear to be using any custom AI tools to achieve their goals, but were using AI-powered voice and image generators that are accessible to everyone.

While it was difficult to identify all the tools the campaign operatives were using, the researchers were able to narrow down to one tool in particular: Flux AI.

Flux AI is a text-to-image generator developed by Black Forest Labs, a German-based company founded by former employees of Stability AI. Using the SightEngine image analysis tool, the researchers found a 99 percent likelihood that a number of the fake images shared by the Overload campaign—some of which claimed to show Muslim migrants rioting and setting fires in Berlin and Paris—were created using image generation from Flux AI.

The researchers were then able to generate images that closely replicate the aesthetic of the published images using prompts that included discriminatory language—such as “angry Muslim men.”

This highlights “how AI text-to-image models can be abused to promote racism and fuel anti-Muslim stereotypes,” the researchers wrote, adding that it raises “ethical concerns on how prompts work across different AI generation models.”

“We build in multiple layers of safeguards to help prevent unlawful misuse, including provenance metadata that enables platforms to identify AI generated content, and we support partners in implementing additional moderation and provenance tools,” a spokesperson for Black Forest Labs wrote in an email to WIRED. “Preventing misuse will depend on layers of mitigation as well as collaboration between developers, social media platforms, and authorities, and we remain committed to supporting these efforts.”

Atansova tells WIRED the images she and her colleagues reviewed did not contain any metadata.

Operation Overload’s use of AI also uses AI-voice cloning technology to manipulate videos to make it appear as if prominent figures are saying things they never did. The number of videos produced by the campaign jumped from 150 between June 2023 and July 2024 to 367 between September 2024 and May 2025. The researchers said the majority of the videos in the last eight months used AI technology to trick those who saw them.

In one instance, for example, the campaign published a video in February on X that featured Isabelle Bourdon, a senior lecturer and researcher at France’s University of Montpellier, seemingly encouraging German citizens to engage in mass riots and vote for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in federal elections. This was fake: The footage was taken from a video on the school’s official YouTube channel where Bourdon discusses a recent social science prize she won. But in the manipulated video, AI-voice cloning technology made it seem as if she was discussing the German elections instead.

The AI-generated content produced by Operation Overload is shared on over 600 Telegram channels, as well as by bot accounts on social media platforms like X and Bluesky. In recent weeks, the content has also been shared on TikTok for the first time. This was first spotted in May, and while the number of accounts was small—just 13— the videos posted were seen 3 million times before the platform demoted the accounts.

"We are highly vigilant against actors who try to manipulate our platform and have already removed the accounts in this report,” Anna Sopel, a TikTok spokesperson, tells WIRED. ”We detect, disrupt and work to stay ahead of covert influence operations on an ongoing basis and report our progress transparently every month.”

The researchers pointed out that while Bluesky had suspended 65 percent of the fake accounts, “X has taken minimal action despite numerous reports on the operation and growing evidence for coordination.” X and Bluesky did not respond to requests for comment.

Once the fake and AI generated content is created by Operation Overload, the campaign does something unusual: They send emails to hundreds of media and fact-checking organizations across the globe, with examples of their fake content on various platforms, along with requests for the fact-checkers to investigate if it is real or not.

While it may seem counterintuitive for a disinformation campaign to alert those trying to tackle disinformation about their efforts, for the pro-Russia operatives, getting their content posted online by a real news outlet—even if it is covered with the word “FAKE”—is the ultimate aim.

According to the researchers, up to 170,000 such emails were sent to more than 240 recipients since September 2024. The messages typically contained multiple links to the AI-generated content, but the email text was not generated using AI, the researchers said.

Pro-Russia disinformation groups have long been experimenting with using AI tools to supercharge their output. Last year a group dubbed CopyCop, likely linked to the Russian government, was shown to be using large language models, or LLMs, to create fake websites designed to look like legitimate media outlets. While these attempts don’t typically get much traffic, the accompanying social media promotion can attract attention and in some cases the fake information can end up on the top of Google search results.

A recent report from the American Sunlight Project estimated that Russian disinformation networks were producing at least 3 million AI-generated articles each year, and that this content was poisoning the output of AI-powered chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.

Researchers have repeatedly shown how disinformation operatives are embracing AI tools, and as it becomes increasingly difficult for people to tell real from AI-generated content, experts predict the surge in AI content fuelling disinformation campaigns will continue.

“They already have the recipe that works,” Atanasova says. “They know what they're doing.”

[ivelovedhimthroughworse]

Lovely @larkral asked me about my podfic set up. Here is a quick run through for you, and to any who are curious, especially those working on @caught-on-tape-fest.

But remember, every person already has the most important tool for a good recording. Your breath. No matter what tools you use to record a podfic, be in a place where you are sitting comfortably. Raise your shoulders and engage your core muscles. When you slump, your diaphragm is compressed and your voice will be thin. Take some deep breaths before you begin.

Okay, back to me. I work at my dining room table. I have my mic, amp, laptop, headphones and a glass of water. My next additions will be a pop shield and a boom to hold the mic. I've been pondering setting up a more permanent place, but this is good for now. It's bright and stable and mostly quiet.

Well, quiet except for the fishtank, my cat (who yowls to get kibble and thinks that yowling at chipmunks out the window will equally as effective) and a stupid watch that beeps on the hour. So, yeah, maybe a better spot.

I was looking to purchase a used microphone off of kijiji, but @cutestkilla let me borrow her spare. She's an extremely talented musician and would be a good person to ask if you want to discuss hardware set up.

If you are lucky enough to use this kind of microphone, remember to hang ten, using the spacing of your hand to position your face before it. Also, you want the microphone to be stable.

When you press record, wait for a couple of seconds without speaking. That will give the software a baseline of the room's ambient noise to allow you to use its noise reduction tools.

[wherechaoswins]

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[dragonballnewstar]

"Goooood morning, everyone~! We are refreshed after a wonderful weekend and now it's time to Amp! Up Your Week!"

"We took a break from the podcast for a little bit... I'm sorry to those who have been anticipating our return. I'll be changing my schedule to only Mondays moving forward. Anyway, onto the show!"

Recently, a white stork was seen in the skies of Cheshire, England - which on its own doesn't sound too remarkable, but storks have been extinct in England for the past 600 years! With the efforts of the White Stork Project and with a donation from the Warsaw Zoo, these birds have been rescued and have been slowly repopulating and have begun having their offspring rewilding in safe spaces. I look forward to seeing this population grow and thrive once again~!

Reinforcement learning AI might bring humanoid robots to the general public. Though many AI tools have had their controversies lately, Reinforcement Learning could potentially replace the current software used by bipedal bots (such as the ones used by Boston Dynamics). When discussing AI, please remember that Artificial Intelligence is so much broader than what the "AI Bad" community gives credit to. These AIs with Reinforcement Learning could potentially help do simple tasks with those with disabilities or in elderly community. I personally love learning about how the general public approaches robotics and the growths they accomplish.

Finally, music time! I don't have much recently in terms of music recommendations... so uhhh, this song has been plaguing my house since my dad will do the dance out of nowhere... :

June is Pride Month but also Men's Mental Health month. I wanted to bring this up as I've observed that men are commonly accepted to "accept" their struggle and bottle their emotions. More often than not, people will reach out to them to "help", but when no actions are done and it's just 'I'm sorry' lip-service, it's the same as not helping at all...

We're all people, with every struggle being unique and impactful on ourselves. Be kind to each other but also kind to ourselves. If your body needs rest, remember to give yourself time to recover and heal.

Thank you for listening, and I hope to see you all next week!

[jcmarchi]

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[this-week-in-rust]

This Week in Rust 548

Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. This is a weekly summary of its progress and community. Want something mentioned? Tag us at @ThisWeekInRust on Twitter or @ThisWeekinRust on mastodon.social, or send us a pull request. Want to get involved? We love contributions.

This Week in Rust is openly developed on GitHub and archives can be viewed at this-week-in-rust.org. If you find any errors in this week's issue, please submit a PR.

Updates from Rust Community

Official

Faster linking times on nightly on Linux using rust-lld

Foundation

Announcing the First Set of RustConf 2024 Talks & Keynotes

Unsafe Rust in the Wild: Notes on the Current State of Unsafe Rust

Project/Tooling Updates

100 Exercises To Learn Rust

RustRover Is Released and Includes a Free Non-Commercial Option

Mysqlclient-sys 0.3.0: Bundled builds and updated bindings

Ratatui 0.26.3 is released! - a Rust library for cooking up terminal user interfaces

Maelstrom v0.9.0: Added local-only tests, LPT scheduling, and more

r3bl_terminal_async v0.5.3 released

Observations/Thoughts

Some notes on Rust, mutable aliasing and formal verification

Towards fast thread_local! context

Rust's iterators optimize nicely—and contain a footgun

Why We Forked Quinn

[audio] AMP - Rust in Production Podcast

[audio] Rama with Glen De Cauwsemaecker

[video] What's New in Rust 1.72-1.78 Rustacean Station marathon

[video] Rust 1.78.0: Last Rust News Video...ever?

[video] Devoxx UK - Rust 101: Understand the Hype

Rust Walkthroughs

Using Rust Macros for Custom VTables

NULL BITMAP Builds a Database #1: The Log is Literally the Database

The rainbow bridge between sync and async Rust

developerlife.com - Effective async Rust, non-blocking, concurrent, parallel, event loops, cancellation safety

Let's build a Load Balancer in Rust - Part 2

Miscellaneous

Free Rust ebooks for Amazon Kindle

Crate of the Week

This week's crate is ralertsinua, a text user interface for getting information about Russian air raids in Ukraine.

Thanks to Vladyslav Batyrenko for the suggestion!

Please submit your suggestions and votes for next week!

Call for Testing

An important step for RFC implementation is for people to experiment with the implementation and give feedback, especially before stabilization. The following RFCs would benefit from user testing before moving forward:

RFCs

No calls for testing were issued this week.

Rust

No calls for testing were issued this week.

Rustup

No calls for testing were issued this week.

If you are a feature implementer and would like your RFC to appear on the above list, add the new call-for-testing label to your RFC along with a comment providing testing instructions and/or guidance on which aspect(s) of the feature need testing.

Call for Participation; projects and speakers

CFP - Projects

Always wanted to contribute to open-source projects but did not know where to start? Every week we highlight some tasks from the Rust community for you to pick and get started!

Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information.

* [hyperswitch - [FEATURE] : add pagination support for customers list] (https://github.com/juspay/hyperswitch/issues/3746) * [hyperswitch - [FEATURE] : [GlobalPayments] Currency Unit Conversion] (https://github.com/juspay/hyperswitch/issues/2227) * [hyperswitch - [FEATURE] : Add support for sending additional metadata in the MessagingInterface] (https://github.com/juspay/hyperswitch/issues/4472)

If you are a Rust project owner and are looking for contributors, please submit tasks here.

CFP - Speakers

Are you a new or experienced speaker looking for a place to share something cool? This section highlights events that are being planned and are accepting submissions to join their event as a speaker.

Rust Argentina June 2024 | Closes 2024-05-31 | Buenos Aires, AR | Event date: 2024-06-04

EuroRust 2024 | Closes 2024-06-03 | Vienna, Austria & online | Event date: 2024-10-10

Scientific Computing in Rust 2024 | Closes 2024-06-14 | online | Event date: 2024-07-17 - 2024-07-19

Rust Ukraine 2024 | Closes 2024-07-06 | Online + Ukraine, Kyiv | Event date: 2024-07-27

Conf42 Rustlang 2024 | Closes 2024-07-22 | online | Event date: 2024-08-22

If you are an event organizer hoping to expand the reach of your event, please submit a link to the submission website through a PR to TWiR.

Updates from the Rust Project

364 pull requests were merged in the last week

add x86_64-unknown-linux-none target

enable rust-lld on nightly x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

rustc_hir_typeck: Account for skipped_ref_pats in expr_use_visitor

rustc_resolve cleanups

actually use the #[do_not_recommend] attribute if present

add #[inline] to float Debug fallback used by cfg(no_fp_fmt_parse)

add fn into_raw_with_allocator to Rc/Arc/Weak

add an experimental feature gate for global registration

add and use generics.is_empty() and generics.is_own_empty, rather than using generics' attributes

also expand weak alias tys inside consts inside expand_weak_alias_tys

android: use posix_memalign for aligned allocations

avoid using aligned_alloc; posix_memalign is better-behaved

check whether the next_node is else-less if in get_return_block

coverage: CoverageIdsInfo::mcdc_bitmap_bytes is never needed

coverage: memoize and simplify counter expressions

defrost RUST_MIN_STACK=ice rustc hello.rs

delegation: implement list delegation

don't ICE because recomputing overflow goals during find_best_leaf_obligation causes inference side-effects

don't do post-method-probe error reporting steps if we're in a suggestion

fix ICE in non-operand aggregate_raw_ptr intrinsic codegen

fix println! ICE when parsing percent prefix number

fix suggestion in E0373 for !Unpin coroutines

fix the dedup error because of spans from suggestion

improve error message: missing ; in macro_rules

include line tables in compiler profile

lldb-formatters: use StdSliceSyntheticProvider for &str

make EvalCtxt generic over InferCtxtLike

make crashes dump mir to build dir

never type unsafe lint improvements

note for E0599 if shadowed bindings has the method

only find segs chain for missing methods when no available candidates

only make GAT ambiguous in match_projection_projections considering shallow resolvability

refactor: add rustc-perf submodule to src/tools

report better WF obligation leaf obligations in new solver

style-guide: when breaking binops handle multi-line first operand better

suggest setting lifetime in borrowck error involving types with elided lifetimes

temporarily revert to NonZeroUsize in rustc-abi to fix building on stable

track cycle participants per root

use a proper probe for shadowing impl

use a single static for all default slice Arcs

warn against changes in opaque lifetime captures in 2024

miri: adjust Allocation Bytes used by Miri to custom MiriAllocBytes

miri: directly implement native exception raise methods in miri

miri: give FileDescription::{read, write} access to the MiriInterpCx

miri: ignore the Helix configuration directory

miri: make basic things work on Android

miri: properly print error in 'cargo miri setup --print-sysroot'

miri: support aligned_alloc for unixes

miri: use throw_unsup_format! instead of returning ENOTSUP in the mmap shim

miri: use a little arg-parsing helper for miri-script

remove libc from MSVC targets

optimize character escaping

alloc: implement FromIterator for Box<str>

implemented Default for Arc<str>

fix read_exact and read_buf_exact for &[u8] and io:Cursor

fix assertion when attempting to convert f16 and f128 with as

inline Duration construction into Duration::from_{secs, millis, micros, nanos}

remove bound checks from BorrowedBuf and BorrowedCursor methods

optimize inplace collection of Vec

make Debug impl for Term simpler

invert comparison in uN::checked_sub

add f128 float to integer conversion functions

add addition, subtraction, multiplication, and compare operations for f128

add powi fo f16 and f128

add v0 symbol mangling for f16 and f128

re-add From<f16> for f64

cargo: add special check-cfg lint config for the unexpected_cfgs lint

cargo: fix warning about unused Permissions

cargo: fix warning output in build_with_symlink_to_path_dependency_with_build_script_in_git

cargo: fix: make path dependencies with the same name stays locked

cargo: fix: support IPv6-only network for cargo fix

cargo: load libsecret by its SONAME, libsecret-1.so.0

cargo: preserve file permissions on unix during write_atomic

cargo: silence warnings running embedded unittests

rustdoc: don't strip items with inherited visibility in AliasedNonLocalStripper

rustdoc: negative impls are not notable

add - (stdin) support in rustdoc

clippy: assigning_clones: move to pedantic so it is allow by default

clippy: doc_lazy_continuation: do not warn on End events

clippy: add configuration option for ignoring panic!() in tests

clippy: don't lint path statements in no_effect

clippy: don't lint missing_panic_docs for panics in const environments

clippy: improve match_same_arms messages, enable rustfix test

clippy: less aggressive needless_borrows_for_generic_args

clippy: make sure the msrv for const_raw_ptr_deref is met when linting missing_const_for_fn

clippy: manually set library paths in .github/driver.sh

rust-analyzer: fix metrics workflow not actually updating the toolchain

rust-analyzer: fix: don't emit --keep-going for custom build script commands

rust-analyzer: fix: expand macro recursively expands both fp-like and attribute macros when intertwined

rust-analyzer: fix: extract mod to file should respect path attribute

rust-analyzer: fix: hash file contents to verify whether file actually changed

Rust Compiler Performance Triage

Fairly quiet week with the exception of a very large improvement coming from the switch to rust-lld on nightly Linux. This can have very large impacts on benchmarks where linking dominates the build time (e.g., ripgrep, exa, small binaries like hello-world). Aside from that change, there were a few small regressions that were either deemed worth it or are still being investigated.

Triage done by @rylev. Revision range: 9105c57b..1d0e4afd

Summary:

(instructions:u) mean range count Regressions ❌ (primary) 0.7% [0.1%, 2.5%] 30 Regressions ❌ (secondary) 0.5% [0.2%, 0.8%] 5 Improvements ✅ (primary) -30.4% [-71.7%, -0.4%] 35 Improvements ✅ (secondary) -25.6% [-70.9%, -0.5%] 75 All ❌✅ (primary) -16.1% [-71.7%, 2.5%] 65

4 Regressions, 1 Improvement, 4 Mixed; 2 of them in rollups 66 artifact comparisons made in total

Full report here

Approved RFCs

Changes to Rust follow the Rust RFC (request for comments) process. These are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week:

MaybeDangling

RFC: New range types for Edition 2024

Merge RFC 3484: Unsafe extern blocks

RFC: cargo-script

Final Comment Period

Every week, the team announces the 'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a decision. Express your opinions now.

RFCs

No RFCs entered Final Comment Period this week.

Tracking Issues & PRs

Rust

[disposition: merge] change method resolution to constrain hidden types instead of rejecting method candidates

[disposition: merge] Tracking Issue for asm_const

[disposition: merge] rustdoc: Add support for --remap-path-prefix

[disposition: merge] Make std::env::{set_var, remove_var} unsafe in edition 2024

[disposition: merge] Tracking Issue for slice_flatten

[disposition: merge] Edition 2024: Make ! fall back to !

[disposition: merge] Stabilize div_duration

[disposition: merge] Panic if PathBuf::set_extension would add a path separator

[disposition: merge] Support C23's Variadics Without a Named Parameter

[disposition: merge] Stabilize LazyCell and LazyLock

[disposition: merge] Turn remaining non-structural-const-in-pattern lints into hard errors

[disposition: merge] Edition 2024: don't special-case diverging blocks

Cargo

No Cargo Tracking Issues or PRs entered Final Comment Period this week.

Language Team

No Language Team RFCs entered Final Comment Period this week.

Language Reference

[disposition: merge] document guarantee about evaluation of associated consts and const blocks

Unsafe Code Guidelines

No Unsafe Code Guideline RFCs entered Final Comment Period this week.

New and Updated RFCs

[new] [RFC] Add #[export_ordinal(n)] attribute

[new] [RFC] Add #[diagnostic::blocking] attribute

[new] Guard Patterns

Upcoming Events

Rusty Events between 2024-05-22 - 2024-06-19 🦀

Virtual

2024-05-23 | Virtual (Berlin, DE) | OpenTechSchool Berlin + Rust Berlin

Rust Hack and Learn | Mirror: Rust Hack n Learn Meetup

2024-05-23 | Virtual (Israel) | Rust in Israel

Web development in Rust using Rocket (Hebrew)

2024-05-24 | Virtual (Rotterdam, NL)| Bevy Game Development

Bevy Meetup #4

2024-05-28 | Virtual (Dallas, TX, US) | Dallas Rust

Last Tuesday

2024-05-28 & 2024-05-28 | Virtual | Mainmatter

Remote Workshop: Telemetry for Rust APIs – you can't fix what you can't see (fee)

2024-05-29 | Virtual | Training 4 Programmers LLC

Enums, Structs, and Traits - Essential Building Blocks of Rust Programming

2024-05-30 | Virtual + In Person (Barcelona, ES) | Mainmatter & BcnRust

Rust for the web, Barcelona 2024

2024-05-30 | Virtual (Charlottesville, NC, US) | Charlottesville Rust Meetup

Crafting Interpreters in Rust Collaboratively

2024-06-04 | Virtual | Women in Rust

Lunch & Learn: A Creative Thinker's Programming Language

2024-06-04 | Virtual (Buffalo, NY) | Buffalo Rust Meetup

Buffalo Rust User Group

2024-06-05 | Virtual (Indianapolis, IN, US) | Indy Rust

Indy.rs - with Social Distancing

2024-06-06 | Virtual | Code Mavens

Rust Maven Workshop: Your first contribution to an Open Source Rust project

2024-06-06 | Virtual (Berlin, DE) | OpenTechSchool Berlin + Rust Berlin

Rust Hack and Learn | Mirror: Rust Hack n Learn Meetup

2024-06-11 | Virtual (Dallas, TX, US) | Dallas Rust

Second Tuesday

2024-06-13 | Virtual (Charlottesville, NC, US) | Charlottesville Rust Meetup

Crafting Interpreters in Rust Collaboratively

2024-06-13 | Virtual (Nürnberg, DE) | Rust Nuremberg

Rust Nürnberg online

2024-06-18 | Virtual (Washington, DC, US) | Rust DC

Mid-month Rustful

2024-06-19 | Virtual (Vancouver, BC, CA) | Vancouver Rust

Rust Study/Hack/Hang-out

Africa

2024-06-01 | Kampala, UG | Rust Circle Kampala

Rust Circle Meetup

Asia

2024-05-22 | Singapore, SG | SG Rust Meetup

SG Rustaceans! Updated - SG Rust Meetup at CraftsforGreen Whole Studio

Europe

2024-05-22 | Leiden, NL | Future-proof Software Development by FreshMinds

Coding Dojo Session

2024-05-23 | Bern, CH | Rust Bern

2024 Rust Talks Bern #2

2024-05-23 | Łodz, PL | Mobica

Zapisz się na warsztat Rust / Embedded w Łodzi! / What's all the fuss about Rust?

2024-05-23 | Manchester, UK | Rust Manchester

Rust Manchester May Code Night

2024-05-23 | Salzburg, AT | SRUG: Salzburg Rust User Group

SRUG: Salzburg Rust User Group

2024-05-24 | Bordeaux, FR | Rust Bordeaux

Rust Bordeaux #3: Discussions

2024-05-25 | Stockholm, SE | Stockholm Rust

Ferris' Fika Forum #3 [Embedded lab edition]

2024-05-25 | Tampere, FI | Finland Rust-lang Group

May Meetup

2024-05-28 - 2024-05-30 | Berlin, DE | Oxidize

Oxidize Conf 2024

2024-05-30 | Amsterdam, NL | Rust Developers Amsterdam Group

Rust Developer Meetup @ Avalor AI

2024-05-30 | Barcelona, ES | Mainmatter & BcnRust

Rust for the web, Barcelona 2024

2024-05-30 | Berlin, DE | Rust Berlin

Rust and Tell - Title

2024-05-30 | Copenhagen, DK | Copenhagen Rust Community

Rust meetup #47 sponsored by Microsoft!

2024-05-30 | Oslo, NO | Rust Oslo

Rust Hack'n'Learn at Kampen Bistro

2024-05-30 | Vienna, AT | Rust Vienna

Rust Vienna Meetup - May - Rust Backend 101

2024-06-05 | Hamburg, DE | Rust Meetup Hamburg

Rust Hack & Learn June 2024

2025-06-06 | Vilnius, LT | Rust Vilnius

Enjoy our second Rust and ZIG event

2024-06-19 - 2024-06-24 | Zürich, CH | RustFest Zürich

RustFest Zürich 2024

North America

2024-05-22 | Austin, TX, US | Rust ATX

Rust Lunch - Fareground

2024-05-25 | Chicago, IL, US | Deep Dish Rust

Rust Talk Double Feature

2024-05-30 | Mountain View, CA, US | Mountain View Rust Meetup

Rust Meetup at Hacker Dojo

2024-05-31 | Boston, MA, US | Boston Rust Meetup

Boston Common Rust Lunch, May 31

2024-06-08 | Somerville, MA, US | Boston Rust Meetup

Porter Square Rust Lunch, Jun 8

2024-06-13 | Spokane, WA, US | Spokane Rust

Monthly Meetup: Topic TBD!

2024-06-18 | San Francisco, CA, US | San Francisco Rust Study Group

Rust Hacking in Person

Oceania

2024-05-28 | Sydney, NSW, AU | Rust Sydney

a demo 🤯 & a lightning ⚡show ✨

South America

2024-06-06 | Buenos Aires, AR | Rust en Español | Rust Argentina

Juntada de Junio

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Quote of the Week

In other words, I do not want the compiler to just insert code to uphold the bare minimum guarantees, I want the compiler to check my work for me and assist me in developing an algorithm I can confidently assert is right.

– without boats

Thanks to scottmcm for the suggestion!

Please submit quotes and vote for next week!

This Week in Rust is edited by: nellshamrell, llogiq, cdmistman, ericseppanen, extrawurst, andrewpollack, U007D, kolharsam, joelmarcey, mariannegoldin, bennyvasquez.

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GEAR

Microphones:

Sure sm57

Sure sm58

Audix i5

Sure Beta 52

Blue Snowball

Behringer C-2 (pair)

Samson C01

Rode NT1A

Hardware:

Scarlett 18i0 audio interface

Mackie 1402-VLZ PRO 14 channel mic/line analog mixer

Guitar amps and pedals:

Helix HX STOMP

Ibanez Turbo Tube screamer

Guitars:

Fender GC140SCE Concert Acoustic-Electric

Yamaha FX335C Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric

Ovation 1311 Natural Acoustic

Fender Nashville Telecaster

Fender Squire Bullet Telecaster

Fender Squire Jazz Bass

Mitchell MU40 Soprano Natural Ukulele

Yamaha CGS 102A Classical Guitar

Keyboards:

Nektar Impact LX61+

Roland U-20

Drums and percussion:

1 big tambourine

1 small tambourine

LP Medium twist shakers

Simmons Titan 50 electronic drum set

Sound Monitoring:

JBL Professional Linear Spatial Reference 3 Series powered studio monitors (pair)

Sony Professional MDR-7506 studio headphones

Sennheiser HD 201 studio headphones

KRK Classic 5 studio monitors (pair)

Computers and visuals:

Apple MacBook Pro 13 inch

Dell flat panel monitor

DAW/software:

Logic Pro X

Pro Tools 12

GarageBand

Avid/Apple/Native Instruments/SoundToys/FabFilter/Waves plugins

Helix HX Edit

Plugins:

Digital EQ’s:

Waves V-EQ4

Fabfilter Pro-Q

Digital Reverbs:

Waves Abbey Road Chambers

Waves H-Reverb Hybrid Verb

Waves Renaissance Reverb

Waves Manny Marroquin Reverb

Relab Development LX480 Reverb

Digital Compressors:

Waves Renaissance Compressor

Waves CLA-3A Compressor/Limiter

Waves Smack Attack

Waves DeEsser

Extras:

Waves SSL G-Channel

Waves Nx Ocean Way Nashville

Waves Z-Noise

Waves WLM Plus Loudness Meter

Waves Tune Real-Time

Waves Vocal Bender

Waves Torque

Waves CLA Bass

Waves Abbey Road J37 Tape

SoundToys Echoboy

VST’s:

Spectronics Keyscapes

Native Instruments Battery

Toontrack EZdrummer 3

Native Instruments Kontakt Electric Guitar

Accessories/miscellaneous/other studio features:

4 XLR cables

4 1/4 inch jack cables

Power supply cables

USB outlet strip

High speed internet and free WIFI

Pencils, pens and paper

Wireless printer available

5 mic stands

Shock mount, pop filter, and 3 windscreens

HEAROS Ultimate Softness earplugs

Mini Samsung T.V. with Roku entertainment

RIF6 electric record player with built-in speakers

Dean Markley Pro Mag humbucker pickup

Culilux 1/4” audio splitter

Rioddas external ODD&HDD disc drive

Pack of CDs for burning

Guitar pick maker with appropriate paper

3 microphone clips

Alesis sustain pedal

Radial PRO-DI passive direct box

DeltaLab digital metronome

AKAI MPD218 beat pad

GiveBest electric heater

Behringer ULTRAACOUSTIC AT109 15-WATT acoustic guitar amplifier

OWC thunderbolt USB-C dock

APC surge protector

MOONGEL damper pads

Pick holder filled with guitar picks (floppy and hard) and a set of thumb picks

2 capos and clip on tuner

KORG TM-50 combo tuner and metronome

Mackie 1402-VLZ PRO 14 channel mic/line analog mixer

NEXIGO web cam

Big Knob passive monitor controller

The Bowman Studios, Dallas, Texas

Producers: Mason Bowman

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Smarter Email Marketing: The Metrics and Trends You Need in 2025

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Move past simple delivery rates to Inbox Placement Rates, which track whether messages land in primary folders. The Spam-Filter Escape Score monitors real-time flags and heuristics, while Engaged-Domain Reputation weights opens and clicks from high-value domains to prioritize sending quality.

3. Privacy-First Metrics: Building Trust, Not Just Lists

Consent Velocity measures how quickly subscribers opt in and renew permissions. Preference Center Utilization Rate gauges how often users update their topic and frequency choices. Zero-Party Data Yield tracks the quality of self-reported preferences, unlocking personalization without compromising privacy.

4. AI-Powered Predictive Analytics

Next-Best-Action Recommendations score individual offers to suggest the most relevant content per subscriber. Churn-Risk Modeling alerts marketers to behavioral drop-offs before disengagement. Send-Time & Content Optimization Engines learn from past sends to refine timing and subject lines automatically.

5. Interactive & Contextual Trends

In-Email Commerce Conversions measure purchases made via AMP forms and embedded payment links. Geo-Triggered Content Engagement tracks opens and clicks tied to location-aware elements. Dark Mode Readability Scores ensure messages render correctly and compare engagement variations across light and dark themes.

6. Implementing a Smarter Metrics Framework

Begin with a Tool Audit & Integration Strategy to select platforms supporting advanced tracking APIs. Design a Unified Dashboard that visualizes new metrics alongside traditional KPIs. Finally, foster Cross-Functional Alignment by training teams to interpret and act on novel insights.

7. Case Snapshots: Brands Pioneering Smarter Email Metrics

Three forward-thinking companies have adopted pulse scoring and AI-driven recommendations, reporting up to 25% higher conversions and a 15% reduction in unsubscribes. Their success underscores the value of deeper metrics.

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Best Pro VST Synth Plugins in 2025

Now, if you’re ready to invest in professional-grade tools, these best synth plugins are dominating the scene this year:

Airlift by Sauce Audio– One of the most anticipated releases of 2025, Airlift by Sauce Audio is a next-gen synth plugin designed for limitless creativity. Blending granular synthesis, spectral morphing, and traditional subtractive techniques, Airlift offers a unique approach to sound design. Its intuitive interface makes complex sound manipulation easy, while its deep modulation matrix allows you to create evolving textures and intricate sequences effortlessly.

Best for: All genres — a true sound designer’s dream

You he Diva- Still a heavyweight champion, Diva captures the spirit of vintage hardware synths like the Minimoog, Juno, and Jupiter-8. Its authentic analog emulation continues to be unmatched, making it a top pick for producers craving warmth and depth.

Best for: Deep House, Synthwave, Pop, Orchestral Scoring

Arturia Pigments 5– Pigments 5 fuses wavetable, granular, sample-based, and virtual analog engines into one stunning instrument. Its intuitive layout, colorful visual feedback, and mind-bending modulation capabilities keep it a favorite among professional producers.

Best for: Electronic, Trap, Soundtracks, Ambient

Spectrasonics Omnisphere 3– Omnisphere is still the holy grail of synths, and the 2025 version is even more powerful. It now includes AI-assisted sound generation tools, letting producers craft mind-blowing patches faster than ever.

Best for: Film Scoring, EDM, Chillout, Orchestral.

Special Mention: Best Vocal Synth VST

Sometimes you need a plugin that specializes in vocals, and 2025’s options are better than ever.

iZotope VocalSynth 3- VocalSynth 3 offers insane flexibility for vocal processing. You can transform your voice into a robotic entity, an ethereal choir, or even a percussive instrument. Its modular setup and creative effects make it a must-have vocal synth VST.

Best for: Pop, Hip-Hop, Experimental, EDM

Guitar Synth Plugin You Shouldn’t Miss

Guitarists are no longer limited to traditional amp sims. If you’re looking to blend guitar tones with synth sounds, check this out:

MOK Wave razor Guitar Edition- Built specifically with guitarists in mind, the Waverazor Guitar Edition allows players to morph their guitar signals into slicing, aggressive synth sounds. Think Nine Inch Nails meets Daft Punk. Best for: Rock, Industrial, Experimental

Exploring Granular Synth Plugins

Granular synthesis is no longer niche — it’s a must for modern sound design. Here’s a 2025 standout:

Granulizer 3 by Inertia Sound Systems

Granulizer 3 continues to push the boundaries of granular manipulation. It allows musicians to chop audio into tiny grains and rearrange them into haunting pads, glitchy textures, and shimmering atmospheres.

Best for: Ambient, Experimental, Film Scoring

Analog Synth VST That Feels Like Hardware

If you’re after the richness and organic quality of real analog synths but want the convenience of a plugin, here’s the best pick:

Softube Model 84

Softube’s latest, Model 84, captures the essence of a vintage Roland Juno-106, offering lush pads, iconic choruses, and fat basses that feel alive.

Best for: Retro Pop, Funk, House, Indie

Synth Plugins for Ableton Users

Ableton Live users will love these synth plugins, especially tuned for workflow synergy:

Wavetable (Built-in Ableton Instrument)

Don’t overlook Ableton’s own Wavetable synth! In 2025, it’s still one of the most versatile native plugins for complex sound design without needing third-party software.

Best for: Any genre inside Ableton Live

Pro Tip: Combine Airlift by Sauce Audio with Ableton’s native devices for mind-blowing sound layering and live performance setups!

Final Thoughts: How to Choose the Best Synth Plugin for You

Choosing the right synth plugin depends on a few factors:

Genre: EDM producers might love Vital and Pigments, while film scorers might lean toward Omnisphere and Airlift.

Budget: Start with free synth VSTs like Surge XT if you’re new, then invest in high-end plugins like Diva or Airlift when ready.

Workflow: Some synths are complex beasts (Omnisphere), while others (Vital, TAL-NoiseMaker) are simpler and faster to use.

The most important thing? Experiment. Most synth plugins offer demo versions, so you can try them out before committing.

Where to Explore the Best Synth Plugins

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