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## Library & Tooling Updates

### [rkyv]

[rkyv] is a zero-copy deserialization framework for Rust. It's similar to
FlatBuffers and Cap'n Proto and can be used for data storage and messaging.

Version 0.3 was released this month and brought some highly-requested features:

- A new hashmap implementation using perfect hashing to decrease memory usage
and fix portability issues
- The `Unarchive` trait to enable more traditional data deserialization for
archived types
- Improved validation performance
- Better error messages and API ergonomics
- A [book][rkyv-book] with more narrative documentation on architecture and
internals
- More tests and realistic benchmarks against other popular serialization
frameworks

The next update will be [v0.4][rkyv-v0.4] and is on the way soon with a release
date around mid-February.

[rkyv]: https://github.com/djkoloski/rkyv
[rkyv-book]: https://djkoloski.github.io/rkyv
[rkyv-v0.4]: https://github.com/djkoloski/rkyv/milestone/5

## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github

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