One of my colleagues was experimenting with Rust. He started by writing a sudoku solver which he has already written in C before. Once he was completed writing it in Rust, he was very disappointed because Rust version was twice as fast than the C version ... (more…)

People complain about Rust syntax. I think that most of the time when people think they have an issue with Rust's syntax, they actually object to Rust's semantics. In this slightly whimsical post, I'll try to disentangle the two. (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…)

I've built a lot of command-line tools over the years, mostly in C or C++, but also in Java, Python, Rust, Turbo Pascal, etc. I mostly rolle... (more…)

Berlin based technology consultancy specialising in the Rust programming language. We offer development, implementation, training and long-term support. (more…)