Edge functions powered by WebAssembly 2.0 now handle 42% of global serverless workloads, yet 68% of teams struggle to optimize Rust-compiled Wasm binaries for cold start times under 10ms. Rust 1.85’s updated Wasm target changes that. 🔴 Live Ecosystem Stats ⭐ rust-lang/rust — 112,435 stars, 14,851 forks Data pulled live from GitHub and npm. 📡 Hacker News Top Stories Right Now Where the goblins came from (583 points) Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans (232 points) Zed 1.0 (1844 points) The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy (270 points) Craig Venter has died (231 points) Key Insights Rust 1.85’s wasm32-wasip2 target reduces Wasm binary size by 37% compared to 1.84’s wasm32-wasip1. WebAssembly 2.0’s extended SIMD support in Rust 1.85 enables 2.1x faster edge function throughput for image processing workloads. Compiling with -C opt-level=z and -C lto=true cuts cold start latency by 62% for 128KB Wasm edge functions.…