Following discussions at RustConf's Unconf event, developer Russell has begun drafting a living document of best practices for writing performant applications on Tokio's async runtime. The post outlines general principles, emphasizing that performance issues are highly context-dependent and that developers should first confirm a real problem exists before optimizing.
dial9-rs.github.io
· 2026-09-14
A developer released TailTalk, an open-source toolkit that reimplements the AppleTalk network stack entirely in userspace using Rust and Tokio, with no dependency on Netatalk or kernel drivers. It runs on Linux, Mac OS and Windows and connects to vintage Macs via EtherTalk or LocalTalk (through TashTalk-compatible hardware), enabling file transfer, AFP file sharing, and printing to classic LaserWriters, ImageWriters and StyleWriters.
github.com
· 2026-09-12
TurboKV is a newly released open-source embedded key-value database written in Rust, designed for asynchronous use with Tokio. It supports atomic write batches, ordered range and prefix scans, configurable durability levels, compression, and background compaction, and can be added to a project via Cargo.
github.com
· 2026-08-29