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High-points on Rust: how it’s different, how it might help you even if you never actually use it on a project, why people care. … And some things Jim and Wolf have (separately) been working on. Links: SQL 'SELECT * (EXCEPT ...)' new functionality https://peter.eisentraut.org/blog/2026/06/30/waiting-for-sql-202y-stockholm-meeting-report Marlon recommended a book: “the book” (https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/) Rustlings website: https://rustlings.rust-lang.org/ links from Robbie about the LLM episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05e4AgvXT18 (Never use ChatGPT again) pewdiepie-archdaemon/odysseus: Self-hosted AI workspace. Mentioned by Wolf: https://github.com/wolf/engineering-philosophy Direnv: Home: https://direnv.net Repo: https://github.com/direnv/direnv My PR: https://github.com/direnv/direnv/pull/1594 Atuin: Home: https://atuin.sh Repo: https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin My PR: https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/pull/2851 Helix: Home: https://helix-editor.com Repo: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix Hosts: Jim McQuillan can be reached at jam@RuntimeArguments.fm Wolf can be reached at wolf@RuntimeArguments.fm Follow us on Mastodon: @RuntimeArguments@hachyderm.io If you have feedback for us, please send it to feedback@RuntimeArguments.fm Checkout our webpage at http://RuntimeArguments.fm Theme music: Dawn by nuer self, from the album Digital Sky