#"ffi"

2 articles tagged with ""ffi""

"rust""systems-programming""performance"

Rust's `build.rs`: The Secret Script That Runs Before Your Code Does 🔨🦀

In Laravel, Composer runs before your app. In Node.js, npm scripts run before your server. In Rust, there's a `build.rs` — a full Rust program that runs at compile time to link C libraries, generate code, and do things your runtime never even sees. Coming from web dev, this blew my mind.

Mar 20, 2026

"rust""ffi""systems-programming"

13 min read

Rust FFI: Calling C Libraries Without Losing Your Mind 🦀🔗

Coming from 7 years of Laravel/Node.js, I thought all libraries were just 'npm install' away. Then I started RF/SDR work and needed to call C libraries from Rust. FFI (Foreign Function Interface) blew my mind - you get C's speed with Rust's safety!

Feb 13, 2026