Rust's "Unwrap" Footgun: Cloudflare Outage and AI Market Realities

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source · November 24, 2025 · Listen to Original Episode →

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Resources

Resources & Recommendations

Articles & Papers

"What is a tech bubble anyway?" by Cedric Chin - This article discusses the current AI "bubble" in comparison to the dot-com bubble and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, offering a different perspective on how to view the situation.
"Cloudflare outage postmortem" by Matthew Prince (Cloudflare CEO) - An excellently transparent postmortem detailing Cloudflare's significant failures in delivering core network traffic due to a bug in Rust code.
"Things that aren't doing the thing." - This article serves as a reminder that making to-do lists, telling people about intentions, or fantasizing about success are not the same as actively doing the work.

Tools & Software

HL - A fast, powerful log viewer/processor that converts JSON and log-pumped logs into a clear, human-readable format, offering features like paging, streaming, filtering, and a follow mode.
HLogF - A log viewer mentioned in a benchmark comparison with HL.
HumanLog - A log viewer mentioned in a benchmark comparison with HL.
FBLog - A log viewer mentioned in a benchmark comparison with HL.
Continuum 93 - An open-sourced emulator of a fantasy retro computer designed for retro games programming in native assembly code, running on Windows, Mac, Linux, 64-bit Raspberry Pis, and Steam Deck.
StyleFrame (styleframe.dev) - Type-safe composable CSS.
Excalibur (excaliburjs.com) - A friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web.

People Mentioned

Cedric Chin - Author of an article discussing the nature of a "tech bubble."
Matthew Prince (Cloudflare CEO) - Authored a transparent postmortem about a significant Cloudflare outage.
Enthusiast Guy - The online handle of the creator of the Continuum 93 emulator.
Spencer Chang (Alive Internet Theory, Internet Sculptures) - Interviewed on the podcast about "Alive Internet Theory" and "Internet Sculptures."
Chris Benson (Practically AI) - Discussed what is and is not a swarm on "Changelog & Friends."
Bill Butler - A Wikipedia expert who will be a guest on an upcoming episode.
Lasse Vikkman - A returning guest who will be featured on an upcoming episode.

Organizations & Institutions

Cloudflare - An internet infrastructure company that experienced a significant outage due to a bug in Rust code.

Websites & Online Resources

aviator.co - Offers shareable Claude code sessions.
storywi.se - Provides "battle-proven" AI requirement software.
Changelog Newsletter (changelog.news) - A newsletter that provides links to articles and news, including building a simple search engine, NPM package infections, and Android's AirDrop capability.

Other Resources

Rust code unwrap method - A method in the Rust programming language that assumes an operation succeeded and extracts data from its inner value, considered a "footgun" by some "Rustations."