Open-source maintainer, speaker, rebel. About me.

15 articles tagged with rust

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 »
« Next