· 5 min read release
Hew 0.6.2: safer values, steadier services
Edit parsed configuration without changing its source value, then see how Hew 0.6.2 carries the same actor reference across local and remote services.
Release
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Hew 0.6.1: typed configuration and confined services
Check deployment settings at build time, reuse generic closures and give an actor access to one directory.
· 28 min read language release
A tour of Hew 0.6: files, concurrent work and services
Start with a small file tool, then follow the language features that let it grow into a service with owned resources, workers and typed protocols.
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Hew 0.6.0: concurrent work with ordinary calls
Build a small file tool with fork, await and typed failures, then see what changes when work suspends or is cancelled.
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Releasing v0.4.0 — LSP goto-definition, stdlib fixes, and WASM coverage
LSP transitive goto-definition, module search-path documentation, eval WASM coverage, URL percent-encoding, and a binary-safe fs.try_read_bytes.
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Releasing v0.3.0 — Structural Bounds, In-Process REPL, and Stdlib Depth
Structural trait bounds now work without explicit impl declarations. Plus an in-process REPL, Rc<T>, typed network errors, SMTP one-shot helpers, and a large stdlib surface expansion.
· 5 min read release
Releasing v0.2.2 — Observer Discovery, Reply Channel Fix, WebSocket Server
hew-observe auto-discovers running programs over unix sockets. Plus a codegen fix that eliminated a class of actor crashes, and WebSocket server support in the stdlib.
· 4 min read release
Releasing v0.2.1 — One Binary, Hardened Runtime
hew-codegen is gone: the compiler is a single binary now. Plus a major runtime hardening pass, generic channels, and 562 E2E tests.
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Releasing v0.2.0 — Named Receivers and Generic impl Blocks
The self keyword is gone: actors use this, impl methods use named receivers, and generic impl<T> blocks finally work.
· 2 min read release
Releasing v0.1.9 — FreeBSD Support
No new language features — just making Hew build and run on FreeBSD, which meant writing a kqueue poller and unifying the linker flags.
· 2 min read release
Releasing v0.1.8 — Literal Coercion, Indirect Enums, and LLVM 22
The type system does more work so you do less — range-checked literal coercion, recursive enums, and generators that use real coroutines.
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Releasing v0.1.7 — Debugging and Collection Ergonomics
Two features and a Docker fix — you can finally step through Hew programs in a debugger.
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Releasing v0.1.6 — State Machines, Wire System, and a Lot of Cleanup
What started as "add machine types" turned into 64 PRs, a wire system redesign, and 1,344 lines removed from codegen.
· 2 min read release
Releasing v0.1.5 — Static Linking and Benchmarks
I wrote some algorithm examples, profiled the generated code, and discovered the codegen had problems I'd been ignoring.
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Releasing v0.1.4 — False Warnings, Over-Engineering, and Windows
False warnings, deleted abstractions, and a Windows build that finally works. Five releases in three days.
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Releasing v0.1.3 — Packaging and Signing Fixes
I actually tried installing what I built. Most of it was broken.
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Releasing v0.1.2 — Build System Fixes
A small one — two build system fixes that only matter if you're packaging Hew, not writing it.
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Tagging v0.1.0 and Building the Release Pipeline
I removed the alpha suffix and immediately had to build a release pipeline that could actually ship the thing.
· 2 min read release
Releasing v0.1.1 — Codegen Fixes and FFI Linking
The first release worked well enough to reveal the next layer of problems. This one fixes them.
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Releasing v0.1.0 — Initial Public Release
Removed the alpha suffix, ran the pipeline, watched it turn green. That's v0.1.0.