Rust things I most anticipate

• Wide use of Radicle, an alternative to GitHub that is peer-to-peer (latest update)
• Make alternative (to LLVM) codegen backends available in a Rust stable toolchain:
  • rustc_codegen_cranelift, which uses cranelift for codegen, is already available via rustup on nightly toolchains, and the immediate benefit is fast debug compiles (updates)
  • rustc_codegen_gcc, allowing Rust to run in more hardware platforms (updates)
• More drivers written in Rust in the official Linux kernel, most promising ones being:
  • Binder (for Android IPC)
  • Apple GPU driver (latest update), which seems to be one that has attracted the most attention
• Use of Rust in safety-critical systems, Ferrocene being the most likely candidate, due to being the first Rust toolchain qualified for the domain
• Wide use of Typst, a more pleasant alternative to LaTeX
• Removing libc dependency for Linux-based systems (mustang and rustix)
• Wide use of Pijul, for I want a better VCS than Git (latest update)

achieved

• Usage in production versions of Chromium, released in mid 2024
• A driver written in Rust in the official Linux kernel:
  • Asix PHYs driver is the first, released early 2024