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Already planning a hallowe'en costume.
September 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Already planning a hallowe'en costume.
Chalk this up to a small mistake in an otherwise true blog post. Unfortunate, though.
August 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Chalk this up to a small mistake in an otherwise true blog post. Unfortunate, though.
I can't make sense of some aspects of this post, however. I looked at memoffset.
A) It hasn't had an 0.8.5 release.
B) It has one dependency (autocfg). The only requirement they have, together, is on a Rust version greater than 1 which should have been available on all those targets.
A) It hasn't had an 0.8.5 release.
B) It has one dependency (autocfg). The only requirement they have, together, is on a Rust version greater than 1 which should have been available on all those targets.
August 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I can't make sense of some aspects of this post, however. I looked at memoffset.
A) It hasn't had an 0.8.5 release.
B) It has one dependency (autocfg). The only requirement they have, together, is on a Rust version greater than 1 which should have been available on all those targets.
A) It hasn't had an 0.8.5 release.
B) It has one dependency (autocfg). The only requirement they have, together, is on a Rust version greater than 1 which should have been available on all those targets.
Ooof, this scenario sucks. I have heard that Rust and Debian's packaging strategies are completely at odds. The broad strokes of this post ring true.
August 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ooof, this scenario sucks. I have heard that Rust and Debian's packaging strategies are completely at odds. The broad strokes of this post ring true.
I saw a dude who had to have been in his 60s get surfed up onto the stage last week. Never seen that before in all my years. Aspirational.
August 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I saw a dude who had to have been in his 60s get surfed up onto the stage last week. Never seen that before in all my years. Aspirational.
Gotcha. I rarely target a tier 3 platform so I have no intuition about the stability realities there.
Is there a specific example of this that you recall running into? I'm curious if the crate's MSRV lock was strictly necessary.
Is there a specific example of this that you recall running into? I'm curious if the crate's MSRV lock was strictly necessary.
July 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Gotcha. I rarely target a tier 3 platform so I have no intuition about the stability realities there.
Is there a specific example of this that you recall running into? I'm curious if the crate's MSRV lock was strictly necessary.
Is there a specific example of this that you recall running into? I'm curious if the crate's MSRV lock was strictly necessary.
Curious about the situation where you have full access to 3rd party crates but can't advance the compiler version. Seems like an inverse of common restrictions.
July 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Curious about the situation where you have full access to 3rd party crates but can't advance the compiler version. Seems like an inverse of common restrictions.
In retrospect, a fair amount of the reticence I had toward embracing the positives of Rust I can attribute to the effort I had expended becoming proficient in C++ and a sense of personal sunk cost.
July 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In retrospect, a fair amount of the reticence I had toward embracing the positives of Rust I can attribute to the effort I had expended becoming proficient in C++ and a sense of personal sunk cost.
David Attenborough voice, "In the quiet solitude of their dimly lit room, the young programmer embarks on a most curious courtship ritual..."
July 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
David Attenborough voice, "In the quiet solitude of their dimly lit room, the young programmer embarks on a most curious courtship ritual..."
At least you aren't letting your lack of understanding hold you back from forming opinions.
June 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
At least you aren't letting your lack of understanding hold you back from forming opinions.
American cultural hegemony makes our own problems somehow feel further away.
June 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
American cultural hegemony makes our own problems somehow feel further away.
I worked in gamedev for my entire early career. Your mileage may vary.
June 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I worked in gamedev for my entire early career. Your mileage may vary.
You catch hands like I catch unwinds
June 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
You catch hands like I catch unwinds
Also, I'm in my mid 30s but we had techfluencers when I was a younger. We had Richard Stallman and John Carmack and the like. These people who are deeply flawed in their own way but that we looked up to as we were developing our own identities. I don't think that phenomenon is recent.
June 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Also, I'm in my mid 30s but we had techfluencers when I was a younger. We had Richard Stallman and John Carmack and the like. These people who are deeply flawed in their own way but that we looked up to as we were developing our own identities. I don't think that phenomenon is recent.
But now, when I want to solve a problem with code, I reach for Rust. This wasn't always the case. It changed over the course of a few years. It may not always be the case but there isn't another language that I see replacing it in my general usage currently.
June 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
But now, when I want to solve a problem with code, I reach for Rust. This wasn't always the case. It changed over the course of a few years. It may not always be the case but there isn't another language that I see replacing it in my general usage currently.
My motivation for really learning Rust was twofold:
1) the WASM toolchain for C++ could not compete with Rust. It still can't.
2) I was lucky enough to spend some time socially with members of the graphics team from Mozilla. Their experience and ability to communicate it made me very curious.
1) the WASM toolchain for C++ could not compete with Rust. It still can't.
2) I was lucky enough to spend some time socially with members of the graphics team from Mozilla. Their experience and ability to communicate it made me very curious.
June 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My motivation for really learning Rust was twofold:
1) the WASM toolchain for C++ could not compete with Rust. It still can't.
2) I was lucky enough to spend some time socially with members of the graphics team from Mozilla. Their experience and ability to communicate it made me very curious.
1) the WASM toolchain for C++ could not compete with Rust. It still can't.
2) I was lucky enough to spend some time socially with members of the graphics team from Mozilla. Their experience and ability to communicate it made me very curious.
I don't see myself represented in this theory.
I'm certain I would qualify as a reader. I've been paid to write C++ in game engines for many years. I think I'm pretty well rounded in terms of the languages that I've used professionally.
I'm certain I would qualify as a reader. I've been paid to write C++ in game engines for many years. I think I'm pretty well rounded in terms of the languages that I've used professionally.
June 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I don't see myself represented in this theory.
I'm certain I would qualify as a reader. I've been paid to write C++ in game engines for many years. I think I'm pretty well rounded in terms of the languages that I've used professionally.
I'm certain I would qualify as a reader. I've been paid to write C++ in game engines for many years. I think I'm pretty well rounded in terms of the languages that I've used professionally.
I should have phrased it differently. You said that you think that the vast majority of people who try rust never tried other low-level languages that are well designed. Why don't they try the languages that are better?
June 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I should have phrased it differently. You said that you think that the vast majority of people who try rust never tried other low-level languages that are well designed. Why don't they try the languages that are better?
If this is true, why would that be? Why did Rust "win"?
June 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If this is true, why would that be? Why did Rust "win"?
This is a disappointingly vague answer.
June 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is a disappointingly vague answer.
What are the qualities that differentiate a truly supported build system from a technically supported build system?
June 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What are the qualities that differentiate a truly supported build system from a technically supported build system?