The first time I needed to profile a Rust application I came across Llogiq’s post - Profiling Rust applications on Linux. This post was incredibly helpful to me and succeeded in getting me off the ground. After spending a little more time with Rust and ne... (more…)

F$&k the borrow checker, or “How I learned to stop worrying and love the compiler”. (more…)

⊕ Update 19 November 2019: fixed miscellaneous typos and a bug in the invariance example pointed out by readers both privately and on reddit … (more…)

I show how to use heterogeneous lists and traits to implement a type-safe printf in Rust. These mechanisms can ensure that two variadic argument lists share important properties, like the number of format string holes matches the number of printf argument... (more…)

Preface Printing is important. If something doesn’t work, you want to know why (e.g. by looking at the console output). When I first wrote the log macro for ... (more…)