22 articles tagged with "rust"
Coming from 7 years of PHP and JavaScript, I thought enums were just fancy constants. Then Rust showed me algebraic data types and I realized I'd been living in the stone age. Let me show you why Rust enums are absolute game-changers!
Coming from 7 years of Laravel/Node.js where 'fast enough' was the mantra, I thought performance optimization meant adding cache layers and hoping. Then Rust forced me to actually measure, benchmark, and prove performance claims. Turns out 'blazingly fast' isn't marketing - it's measurable!
Coming from 7 years of Node.js callback hell and async/await spaghetti, I thought asynchronous programming was inherently painful. Then I discovered Tokio - Rust's async runtime that's actually elegant, performant, and doesn't turn your code into nested madness!
Built a CLI tool that nobody uses? Wondering why your 'amazing' command-line app has 12 stars? Let me show you how to build CLI tools that developers actually love, install, and contribute to - learned from shipping tools in Rust, Node, and Go.
Coming from 7 years of writing Node.js and PHP scripts, I thought CLI tools were 'fast enough.' Then I built my first Rust CLI tool - instant startup, zero dependencies, native speed. Here's why Rust is the PERFECT language for command-line utilities!
Coming from 7 years of JavaScript and PHP where 'Cannot read property of undefined' haunts my dreams, discovering Rust's enum-based approach to handling missing values blew my mind. No more null checks everywhere. No more undefined crashes. Just compiler-enforced safety!
Coming from 7 years of fighting with npm's node_modules black holes and Composer's autoload nightmares, discovering Cargo felt like finding a package manager from the future. Here's why it's the best tool I've never had to debug!
Coming from 7 years of JavaScript and PHP, I thought memory management meant 'garbage collector handles it.' Then Rust's ownership model blew my mind - no GC, no manual malloc/free, just pure compile-time genius. Here's why ownership is the most revolutionary programming concept I've learned!
Conquered the borrow checker? Great! Now meet lifetimes - Rust's way of making sure your references don't outlive the data they point to. Coming from 7 years of garbage-collected languages, this concept blew my mind!
Coming from 7 years of JavaScript and PHP, I thought strong typing meant typing your fingers off. Rust proved me wrong. Here's how Rust gives you bulletproof types without the Java-style verbosity!
Coming from 7 years of web dev, I never thought memory safety would matter to me. Then I started building RF/SDR tools and security utilities. Rust changed everything. Here's why memory-safe code is your secret weapon against hackers!
Think you know how to organize code? Rust's module system and Cargo just entered the chat with workspaces, visibility rules, and zero-config builds. Say goodbye to build script nightmares!
Think malloc() and free() are the only way to manage heap memory? Rust's smart pointers just entered the chat with Box, Rc, Arc, and RefCell. Prepare to never leak memory again!
Think JavaScript is the only way to run code in browsers? Rust + WebAssembly just entered the chat and they're running circles around your React app. Time to make the web FAST again!
Think copy-paste is the only way to avoid repetition? Rust macros just entered the chat and they're about to make your code write itself. Prepare for meta-programming magic!
Think interfaces in Java/C# are the best we can do? Rust's trait system just entered the chat with operator overloading, default implementations, and zero runtime cost. Prepare to rethink everything!
Think switch statements are boring? Rust's pattern matching is like if switch statements went to the gym, got a PhD, and learned kung fu. Prepare to have your mind blown!
Think try-catch is the pinnacle of error handling? Rust's Result<T, E> type just entered the chat and it's about to blow your mind!
Ever wonder why Rust doesn't have a garbage collector like every other modern language? Turns out, that's not a missing feature - it's a superpower! Here's why.
Think handling 10k concurrent connections requires callbacks from hell or threading nightmares? Rust's async runtime says 'hold my beer' and does it with 50MB of RAM.
Write code like Python, get performance like C. Sounds too good to be true? Welcome to Rust's zero-cost abstractions - where elegance meets speed!
Think the borrow checker is your enemy? Think again! Here's why Rust's most feared feature is actually saving you from 3am debugging sessions.