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[Rustaceans Nigeria @RustNigeria]

Calling all Rustaceans in Nigeria! 🦀 🇳🇬

We want to know what you're building, the support you need and how we can serve you better as a community.
Kindly take a minute to fill our survey.

Your voice matters!

🔗: https://t.co/163Fn2A8jR

[Vector 🥷⚡️ @judeVector]

Made a thing: Raspberry Pi Pico 2W with dual LEDs controlled by a button, written in Rust using Embassy.

Main challenge? Button presses were totally ignored during the blink cycle because my code was stuck in sleep timers.

The fix: use select() to race timers against button input, essentially asking 'which happens first: timer finishes OR button pressed?'

I also learnt that GPIO methods like wait_for_low() actually block your entire thread, so you can't just nest them inside loops.

Also figured out debouncing: every button press (LOW) requires waiting for release (HIGH) before the next check.

This forced me to think differently about timings.

[microsandbox @microsandbox]

introducing microsandbox.

fast, local sandboxes built for agents that ship. 🚢

every agent needs to run code somewhere. we made that somewhere, and it shouldn’t always be the cloud.

[Rustaceans Nigeria @RustNigeria]

Tired of having 20+ tabs open just to function as a dev?
𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 is the open-source, Rust-powered (Tauri v2) desktop app that replaces your cluttered tabs with a single, local-first workspace. 🦀

▪️ Notes & Snippets: Fast SQLite storage + syntax highlighting
▪️ Ollama: Chat with local AI models
▪️ Bookmarks & Todos: Organize links and track tasks
▪️ Creative Space: Scratchpad and visual Moodboards

🚫 $0. No subscriptions.
Ships on Linux | Windows | macOS.

Check out Almonds🔗: https://t.co/Sq7eui4TdX

[Rustaceans Nigeria @RustNigeria]

Building something cool with Rust? 🦀

We want to see it! Get your project featured on the Rust Nigeria website and showcase your work to the growing Rust ecosystem in Nigeria and beyond.

🌐 https://t.co/cFeYiSSe5e
🛠️ Get featured → https://t.co/HFM2o5fMxJ

[FO @FOjebiyi]

Hi guys, I built an open-source alternative to @pewbeam_ai in one week.

https://t.co/WwyVRtv8H3
Started coding during a Sunday church service. By the following Sunday, we were using it live during our church service. Wild.
Here's what Rhema does: it listens to your pastor's sermon in real-time, detects Bible verse references as they're mentioned, and displays them on screen instantly. No manual clicking, no dedicated slide operator needed.
The tech stack:
- Tauri 2.0 with a Rust backend handling all the heavy lifting: audio capture, transcription pipeline, verse detection logic, and system tray integration
- Local AI embeddings using Qwen3-0.6B so everything runs on-device with zero cloud dependency. Your sermons never leave your machine
- Real-time audio transcription paired with semantic search against a full Bible verse database

The Rust backend was a deliberate choice. We needed low latency audio processing and efficient memory usage for running an embedding model locally, and Rust delivers on both.

Is it perfect? Probably not. But the core functionality works and we're already using it in a real church environment

This is where you come in. Rhema is fully open source and we need contributors to help take it to the next level. Whether it's improving the verse detection accuracy, adding multi-language support, building a better overlay UI, adding support for more Bible translations, or optimizing the transcription pipeline, there's real work to be done and real impact to be made.
If you're a Rust developer, a frontend engineer, an ML enthusiast, or just someone who loves building tools for the church, come build with us.
Star the repo. Fork it. Open a PR. Let's make this the go-to open-source solution for live Bible verse display in churches worldwide.
https://t.co/WwyVRtv8H3

[Rustaceans Nigeria @RustNigeria]

Check out Ahnlich here:🔗 https://t.co/TevgV29QX6

[Rustaceans Nigeria @RustNigeria]

Stop over-engineering your AI stack! 🛑

Building modern AI apps shouldn't mean drowning in complex infra or massive monthly bills. Most devs default to heavy enterprise clusters, but there’s a leaner way to build.

For our first showcase, we’re spotlighting Ahnlich by @_deven96. 🦀🇳🇬

It’s a high-performance, in-memory vector database and AI proxy built in Rust.

→ Integrated AI Proxy: Handles text/image embeddings natively.
→ Speed: In-memory storage for sub-ms latency.
→ Zero-bloat: Lightweight enough to run locally, powerful enough for production.
→ SDKs: Rust & Python ready.

Still paying for infra you don't fully understand?
Run Ahnlich locally this weekend. See exactly how vector search works under the hood.
Link in Replies below👇🏾

[Rustaceans Nigeria @RustNigeria]

Building something cool with Rust? 🦀

We want to see it! Get your project featured on the Rust Nigeria website and showcase your work to the growing Rust ecosystem in Nigeria and beyond.

🌐 https://t.co/cFeYiSSe5e
🛠️ Get featured → https://t.co/HFM2o5fMxJ

[Rustaceans Nigeria @RustNigeria]

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[Rustaceans Nigeria @RustNigeria]

Building something cool with Rust? 🦀

We want to see it! Get your project featured on the Rust Nigeria website and showcase your work to the growing Rust ecosystem in Nigeria and beyond.

🌐 https://t.co/cFeYiSSe5e
🛠️ Get featured → https://t.co/HFM2o5fMxJ

[Rustaceans Nigeria @RustNigeria]

@judeVector 👏🏾👏🏾

[Chizi @chiziaruhoma]

Vysor kept annoying me with ads and paywalls just to mirror my Android screen, so I built my own.

Introducing Another: a free, open-source app for mirroring and controlling your Android phone from your desktop.

The thing is insanely fast. Near-zero latency screen mirroring over USB. It feels like your phone screen is native to your computer. No lag, no frame drops, just raw performance.

🚀 Built with Tauri, React, and Rust. Uses scrcpy under the hood, which streams your phone's display as raw H.264 over ADB. No cloud, no relay servers, everything stays local.

macOS available now. Windows and Linux experimental.

[Rustaceans Africa @rust_africa]

𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗔𝗔 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀!🏆

We are incredibly proud to celebrate the brilliant minds who rose to the challenge during the Rust Africa Hackathon 2026. After evaluating several impressive projects, three teams stood out for their technical excellence and impact:

🥇 𝗘𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗢𝗦 - $1,500
🥈 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 - $1,000
🥉 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 - $500

Beyond the cash prizes, our winners will also take home JetBrains RustRover All Products Annual Pack licenses to keep their momentum going.

A Huge thank you to @rust_foundation , @rustrover, @rustjobs_dev and all our supporters for making this possible. 🚀

To every participant: Whether you're on the podium or not, you’ve added a brick to the foundation of Rust in Africa. The Rust ecosystem in Africa is growing fast, and your contributions are why.
Carry this momentum forward, the world is waiting for what you build next!

🎁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟯!

@RustRover is awarding Quarterly Pack Licenses to our 4th through 10th place finishers.

Stay tuned for the full Top 10 list—your name just might be on it! 🦀🔥

[Rustaceans Africa @rust_africa]

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 🦀

Innovation deserves to be measured by the best in the field.
As the Rust Africa Hackathon 2026 draws to a close, we are proud to spotlight the global leaders lending their expertise to our judging process.
We extend our deepest gratitude to these individuals for their commitment to fostering technical excellence across the African continent.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁.
May the most impactful projects win! 🚀

[Rustaceans Africa @rust_africa]

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲!

The Rust Africa Hackathon has officially concluded, and we are honestly blown away by what you all created. 🦀✨
While the building phase is over, the excitement is just heating up. The evaluation process is underway and our judges are gearing up to dive into your work!

Over the next 2 weeks, they’ll be giving every project the close attention it deserves. We’re so excited to see which ones come out on top and can't wait to share the final results with you all very soon! 🏆

[TheBuidl @the_buidl]

Rust cohort 3 Registration is officially open

Join a growing community of builders focused on mastering Rust through hands-on, practical learning.

Whether you’re an experienced developer picking up Rust or completely new to the language, this cohort is designed to help you build real confidence. You’ll learn Rust by writing real code, working on guided projects, and understanding how to think in Rust

Learn Rust by building with it, click the link to get started
Link: https://t.co/tqb4BNahkt

[Rustaceans Nigeria @RustNigeria]

@VastoLorde95 We are seeing a massive industry shift towards this exact distribution: Core logic in Rust, glue code in Python. It's the stack that allows you to have 'developer velocity' and 'system performance' in the same sentence without lying.

[Aditya Paliwal @VastoLorde95]

Work in progress

[Rustaceans Nigeria @RustNigeria]

@rust_africa @rustrover @rust_foundation @adorsys @rustjobs_dev 🔥🔥

[Francesco Ciulla @FrancescoCiull4]

The African tech scene is going all-in on Rust 🦀.

Are you in?

A $3,000 prize is on the line, and the competition is heating up fast. This is the moment to put your code where the money is

Registration is ending soon.

Join the hackathon at the link below.

[Rustaceans Africa @rust_africa]

The Rust Africa Hackathon is officially LIVE! 🦀🔥

Voices from Rust communities across the Africa are coming together to send one clear message: this is your moment to build.

SECURE YOUR SPOT NOW👉🏾: https://t.co/ghpYBO64XJ

[Rustaceans Africa @rust_africa]

The Rust Africa Hackathon journey begins here 🦀
Join us for the 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 — an opening address designed to inspire and set the tone for the journey ahead.
This session brings together global Rust leaders and African developers to talk impact and what becomes possible with Rust; centering African builders, shared momentum, and the ecosystem we’re shaping together.

📅 January 3rd, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM GMT
📍 Live on YouTube & LinkedIn

Come be part of the conversation shaping the future of Rust in Africa.

Register Here 🔗:https://t.co/JHuWhvw52C