55 / An easy mode for Rust
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Tweet Of The Week
“It’s only a pointer if it’s from the Provenance region of RAM, otherwise it’s just a sparkling usize.” — @impraxical on Twitter
Culture
The transmogrifying power of reflection
2 min · cenizal.com
CJ Cenizal about the powers of self-reflection.
Having Career Conversations
7 min · softwareonthebrain.com
Joe Lynch about career conversations and how to build trust.
Rust
An O(1) Generic Blog Post About Rust
9 min · peterkos.me
Peter Kos about const generics in Rust, with a bit of background on implementation history.
Building a static site generator in 100 lines of Rust
4 min · kerkour.com
Sylvain Kerkour built a SSG in 100 lines of Rust and explains how.
Creating an Easy Mode for Rust
5 min · tim.mcnamara.nz
Tim McNamara has a few suggestions for flattening the Rust learning curve.
Rust is hard, yes, but does it matter?
3 min · jmmv.dev
Julio Merino argues that in a typical software project using Rust isn’t really harder than other languages.
Tech
Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on it (like on Linux)
1 min · mmazzarolo.com
Matteo shares a neat trick to improve the ability to move windows on macOS.
Changing Tires at 100mph: A Guide to Zero Downtime Migrations
4 min · kiranrao.ca
Kiran Rao shares a great guide to zero-downtime migrations.
I won free load testing
30 min · fasterthanli.me
Amos describes the experience and countermeasure of the recent DDOS attacks on his website.
Cutting Room Floor
‘We Can Only Be Enemies’
14 min · theatlantic.com
Peter Pomerantsev about the bizarre story of a Ukrainian family living with Russian soldiers talking about their views and values.
Hot Banana
3 min · what-if.xkcd.com
Randall Munroe about radioactive bananas and how many it’d take to power a house.
Mechanical Watch
33 min · ciechanow.ski
If you ever wondered how a mechanical watch works, Bartosz Ciechanowski has yet another interactive blog post that‘s got you covered.
making friends on the internet
5 min · jon.bo
Jonathan Borichevskiy explains how to make friends on the internet.
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