Brian Dorsey

Have to admit that I did not know this. It’s surprising and inconsistent.

Sorry, wrong Brian. I didn’t write this.

Meanwhile, I’m over here moving everything possible to ZFS. CoW is amazing. I love that the pattern shows up in pretty much every abstraction level.

Why I'm (still) a Rustacean

merriman.industries/why-im-a-rus...

Tsundoku - Wikipedia

Yes!!! I love the phrase “Mount To Be Read”. Also, I want “tsundoku” to become common in English. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku

I have teamed up with Andy & George this holiday season to support nature conservation initiatives. We are offering large collections of sounds libraries and nature albums as prizes to encourage donations. 100% of the funds raised go to environmental causes: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/the...

Light blue manual embossing label maker on a dark background with three alternate wheels next it.

Light blue manual embossing label maker on a dark background with three alternate wheels next it.

I wanted to get an embossing label maker… turns out Dymo still makes a model with swappable wheels… in Japan! So you get two sizes of Latin letters, Hiragana and Katakana!

Thanks for writing all the threads, I enjoyed them! But I love it when folks say no to some thing so they can put energy into other things! Enjoy the Rust project!

Prototyping in Rust | corrode Rust Consulting Programming is an iterative process. As much as we would like to come up with the perfect solution from the start, it rarely works that way. Good programs often begin as quick prototypes. While many e...

What I wish I’d heard early: While learning and exploring, it’s fine to clone and unwrap a lot. More detailed advice in this great article: corrode.dev/blog/prototy...

Yesterday I ordered an old style embossing label maker out of combined nostalgia and exasperation.

Kitty for a few years. Low fiddle factor. Supports tabs and splits.

Me, always and forever: “I am begging you, dear landing page, please tell me. What. IS. It?!?”

Prototyping in Rust | corrode Rust Consulting Programming is an iterative process. As much as we would like to come up with the perfect solution from the start, it rarely works that way. Good programs often begin as quick prototypes. While many e...

Doh! corrode.dev/blog/prototy...

Yes! I only started getting comfy on the third attempt at leaning Rust. It’s worth it though!

Also, this article has concrete advice for keeping code simple while prototyping and how to incrementally evolve to get more precise later. Very useful advice for coding while learning as well.

Going back and forth between the Rust Book and Rustlings (curated set of broken code with tests) is a great intro. Main Rust book really is needed… especially for people who have been programming for a while, some new concepts (for most people) will add confusion for experienced people otherwise.

Update: Bluesky has saved posts now. Yea!

dystroy dystroy - Rust consulting

You know me for my public #rustlang work, but I'm also freelancing as a programmer and consultant.

I'm looking for a new customer and I'd welcome short or part-time missions. RT appreciated.

dystroy.org

Say hello to Ferris the Rust Crab! 🦀 A trusty desk companion for bug-squashing & brain breaks.
Who needs a rubber duck?
let buddy = Ferris::new();

Adopt one on my Ko-Fi🍵 ko-fi.com/c/c020c8c774

Since unwrap is greppable, it gives more confidence when deciding to take the time to improve things.

Wow. RIFF (and IFF) containers really are everywhere, eh?!? (Also, hi! 👋)

Apologies if you already know this: Another wrinkle… the WAV spec (based on RIFF) uses u32 for internal file offsets, so it’s not possible to have a WAV file bigger than 4GB (without moving to variants like RF64). I’m guessing that’s the source of the export error.

Another option if you have any projects which could use a microcontroller: async in embedded is fantastic. embassy.dev

Maybe both!

It’s so frustrating that there is this illusion that we are all 49%/49% right now. Us versus them, good versus bad, and it’s all because of the BS that is the electoral system. It’s very likely 70% versus 30% and we’re just not seeing representative government.There’s just no common sense right now

Dirtywave Dirtywave

You’ve likely already seen it, but just in case not… M8 is an LSDJ inspired handheld tracker that is *amazing*: dirtywave.com

Go team “Just write SQL”! 🎉

Hahahaha, amazing. The same USB-C port connects to either MCU depending on cable orientation. “…how to easily check whether the USB-C cable is connected to the RP2350 MCU or ESP32-C6 module, since it depends on the orientation of the cable…”

Hi! Thanks for the work you put into these threads. They make the Rust timeline better! I often learn something new, even about things I’m already familiar with.