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Jeff Mitchell
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This "Shut Up and Build" thing is totally about to become a thing.

crusty-rustacean.com/series/shut%...

Stay tuned.
Shut-Up and Build: Music Tracker
An on-going series on how to not overthink and just build.
crusty-rustacean.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Really enjoying the podcast series here:

netstack.fm
Netstack.FM — A Podcast About Networking and Rust
Interviews, monologues, and deep dives into Rust and modern networking systems.
netstack.fm
September 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Dove into rate limiting over the last couple of weeks.

Made a generic cell rate algorithm based limiter.

crusty-rustacean.com/projects/202...

*Full disclosure: Claude AI helped with the project and helped write the blog post.*
Flux Limiter: GCRA Rate Limiting Made Easy
A post about the GCRA based rate limiter I made in Rust
crusty-rustacean.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
In a burst of insanity, I offered up to be the maintainer for a Hacktoberfest project.

Project will be a URL shortener, in Rust.

In getting the repo up to scratch, I found the config system wasn't working.

Typos, the scourge of humanity.
September 19, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I wonder if this account has been flagged as a bot because I've stopped and started it a little too much.

Will try to not do that.
September 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I hope humanity's vision for the current incarnation of AI improves.

"Replace everyone"

Very uplifting and inspiring.
September 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A few thoughts on Rust memory management:

crusty-rustacean.com/beginner%20g...
Aliasing Xor Mutability: A New Way to Learn Rust?
Learning Rust via the notion that aliasing and mutability are mutually exclusive
crusty-rustacean.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Aliasing Xor Mutability...oh my...
September 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
No more big projects.

Only small problems.

Muscles need to be built.

crusty-rustacean.com/problem%20so...
The 99-Problems Journal: Day 1
Day 1 of the fresh approach to problem solving.
crusty-rustacean.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Couple of weeks ago I literally threw out my entire identity and GitHub account.

Am now starting over.

This is a project I started over a year ago, as I developed an odd obsession with the `nom` crate:

github.com/crustyrustac...
GitHub - crustyrustacean/fun-with-nom: A playground API, using Axum and hostable on Shuttle, for the nom crate.
A playground API, using Axum and hostable on Shuttle, for the nom crate. - crustyrustacean/fun-with-nom
github.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Recently had somewhat of a hissy fit over my social media usage.

Nuked all of it. It's kinda toxic for me...BUT...I need something where I can post and maybe get a little interaction.

Trying again with Bluesky.

NOT putting the app on my phone though.
September 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM