# Episode 878 - A Tool With Opinions

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Podcast: [FLOSS Weekly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/floss-weekly)
Published: 2026-08-05T16:05:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3654

## Resource

This week Jonathan chats with Jonathan Pallant about embedded Rust! Learn about the growing Rust driver library, the different ways to build a Rust stack on an embedded device, and how the opinionated tooling can make you a better programmer! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord , watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube , as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday . Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account ! Theme music: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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