A lot of web development is transforming JSON one way or another. In TypeScript/JavaScript this is straightforward, since JSON is built into the language. But can we also achieve good ergonomics in Haskell and Rust? Dear reader, I am glad you asked! 🙌... (more…)

Redis is a fantastic noSQL database with a beautifully simple design. One of the fundamental responsibilities of the redis server is to encode and decode RESP (Redis Serialization Protocol) messages. For example, when a client issues the command: (more…)

For over 7 years, Pushpin used Mongrel2 for managing HTTP and WebSocket client connections. Mongrel2 served us well during that time, requiring little mainte... (more…)

Rust and Go are two huge successes in the realm of modern programming language development. The two languages compete in terms of backend web development... and... (more…)

That's a pretty daring question considering Rust has been around for a fairly short amount of time and in that time has become the most loved language for 5 years in a row, according to the Stack Overflow Developer Surveys. It is very clear that deve... (more…)