In writing fastnbt, I struggled to find an in depth explanation of how to write a deserializer with serde. I want to explore how serde works using cargo expand. ... (more…)

What Are Bitfields? The C programming language is a product of a time where it was important to use as few resoures as possible. Memory was measured in kilobytes rather than gigabytes as we do today. Bitfields offer a handy way to reduce memory usage. How... (more…)

In this article we'll explore the difference between String and str in Rust and when to use which. (more…)

Welcome to my collection of resources for those learning the Rust programming language. The advice in these pages is typically suitable for those with at least a beginning familiarity of Rust -- for example, those who have worked through The Book -- but ... (more…)

Rust is a kick-ass language. Many developers hate Rust because of borrowing and responsibility rules, I get it. However, these rules that ... (more…)