18th of September, 2017 · Tagged with dev, oss, rust
Lightning Fast Image Previews with Pure CSS and LQIP
My website is reasonably fast. There was one thing left which really annoyed me: layout reflow after images got loaded. The problem is, that the image dimensions are not known when the text is ready to be displayed. As a result, the text will be pushed down on the screen as soon as an image is loaded above. I decided to fix that once and for all. More »
15th of September, 2017 · Updated on 29th of April, 2021 · Tagged with dev, rust
Go vs Rust? Choose Go.
Rust or Go, which one should I choose? is a question I get quite often. Both languages seem to be competing for the same user base and they both seem to be *systems programming* languages, so there must be a clear winner, right? More »
12th of August, 2017 · Updated on 15th of April, 2020 · Tagged with dev, rust
Of Boxes and Trees - Smart Pointers in Rust
Recently, I tried to implement a binary tree data structure in Rust. Each binary tree has a root value, a left, and a right subtree. I started from this Python implementation, which is quite straightforward. More »
10th of July, 2017 · Tagged with culture, dev, rust
Why Type Systems Matter
I've written most of my code in dynamically typed languages such as Python or PHP. But ever since dabbling with Rust, I've developed a passion for static type systems. It began to feel very natural to me; like a totally new way to express myself. More »
27th of April, 2017 · Tagged with dev, rust
The Future of Rust
Let me first point out the obvious: yes, the title is a little sensationalist. Also you might be asking why I should be entitled to talk about the future of Rust. After all, I'm neither part of the Rust core team, nor a major contributor to the Rust ecosystem. To that I answer: why not? It's fun to … More »
9th of April, 2017 · Updated on 26th of August, 2020 · Tagged with dev, oss, rust
Launching a URL Shortener in Rust using Rocket
One common systems design task in interviews is to sketch the software architecture of a URL shortener (a bit.ly clone, if you may). Since I was playing around with Rocket – a web framework for Rust – why not give it a try? More »