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45 postsMold Linker 3.0.0 Released, Now Fully Rewritten in Rust
Mold linker 3.0.0 ships as the first Rust-rewritten release, improving GNU ld compatibility, safety, and build tooling via Cargo.
NixOS Study Extends Trusting-Trust Backdoor Attack Beyond Compilers
New research shows Thompson's trusting-trust attack works via GNU strip, not just compilers, silently backdooring NixOS package builds.
Pon: A Rust-Built JIT/AoT Compiler for Python 3.14
Pon is a Rust-based JIT/AoT compiler that skips the CPython interpreter and bytecode entirely, compiling Python 3.14 straight to native code via Cranelift.
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commitbrief.comtsrs: A Rust Port of the TypeScript 7 Type Checker
tsrs is a Rust port of TypeScript 7's Go type checker, delivering 2-7x speedups over tsgo with lower memory use in benchmarks.
x86/x64 Optimization Manuals, SIMD Library, and the ForwardCom ISA Proposal
A collection of x86/x64 optimization manuals, a SIMD vector class library, the ForwardCom ISA proposal, and low-level performance measurement tools.
Why Debug Info Makes Rust-to-WebAssembly Builds 40x Slower
LLVM's Register Stackify pass mishandles debug records, making Rust-to-WebAssembly builds up to 40x slower; a fix targets the root cause.
Inside Zig's Incremental Compilation: Millisecond Rebuilds
How Zig's compiler achieves millisecond incremental rebuilds through ZIR, analysis units, and a fine-grained dependency graph.
TypeScript 7 Release Candidate Arrives With Go-Based 10x Speed Boost
Microsoft's Go-based TypeScript 7 release candidate is here. See how the VS Code team migrated and the real-world speed gains from parallel compilation.
PHP 8's JIT Compiler: How It Removes the Interpreter Tax
PHP 8's JIT compiles opcodes into native machine code, removing interpreter overhead. This piece covers OPcache, Tracing vs Function JIT, and CRTO tuning.
Go 1.26's //go:fix inline: source-level inlining for API migrations
Go 1.26 introduces //go:fix inline, a source-level inliner in go fix that automates safe API migrations and deprecated function removal.