Rust's regex crate was rewritten to expose its internal regex engine components as a separate library (regex-automata) for better composition and reuse.

bstr 1.0 is a Rust library for string operations on byte sequences that are UTF-8 by convention, not guaranteed like built-in strings.

Using unwrap() in Rust is acceptable in test/example code or when a panic indicates a bug, despite ongoing confusion about its proper usage.

Review of Archlinux setup on System76 Darter Pro (darp6) with Coreboot, upgrading from a 2012 ThinkPad T430.

Author shares personal perspective on maintaining FOSS projects to build understanding, not seeking help or prescribing ideal behavior.