We did it! For the first time in over 20 years, Thunderbird just spawned support for a new email protocol 🎉
It feels a bit weird seeing the past 2 years of my work life summarised in a blog post headline, but it also feels great so I'll take it lol
It's really been a privilege leading this project towards this amazing milestone, and helping a piece of software I've loved for over a decade take a significant step towards broadening and modernising itself.
Over the past few months, we've been working hard to introduce support for @rust into @thunderbird.
Come join me in the Rust devroom at @fosdem 2024, to learn how we got there, how we're using Rust to improve our contribution experience, and what this means for the future of Thunderbird!
He/him. Proud Breton :bzh:Making computers go beep and servers go boop.Senior software engineer at @mozilla (@thunderbird), previously @element, @CozyCloud.Thoughts and opinions are mine, especially good ones. Boosts != endorsements.