January 2021 Q&A

Also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/hmMbHB0zYrM. Questions and answers session from January, 2021.

Timestamps

[@0:00:00] Intro [@0:01:23] Approach to learning a new code base? [@0:04:40] What’s your experience at AWS? [@0:07:07] Internet goes away (skip ahead) [@0:08:54] Quality of first open-source contribution [@0:12:34] How many hours do you spend coding each day? [@0:14:37] Go vs Rust in web development [@0:16:54] Promising areas of Computer Science [@0:21:52] What do you miss about Norway? [@0:24:11] Any advice on how to take notes? [@0:26:43] What are you doing at AWS? How’s it going? [@0:30:10] Intermediate project ideas in Rust? [@0:31:47] Will WebAssembly replace JavaScript? [@0:32:52] How is life at AWS? [@0:34:03] What’s your process for building knowledge? [@0:35:05] Crate you wish was available, but isn’t? [@0:36:12] Are UML/activity diagrams used in practice? [@0:38:36] How are you? [@0:41:35] Advice for technical interviews? [@0:45:08] Will you work on the Rust compiler? [@0:47:01] How do you retain knowledge? [@0:50:03] Thoughts on windows-rs? [@0:51:00] async-std, smol, or tokio? [@0:55:19] Why did you leave academia? [@0:58:40] Will Rust replace low-level languages? [@1:01:25] Virtual on-boarding at AWS [@1:04:12] How do you get a good job in industry? [@1:05:41] How do you prioritize open-source projects? [@1:10:13] NonNull vs Unique [@1:15:23] Show us your cat! [@1:16:35] Do you enjoy mathematics? [@1:19:51] Rust GUI programming [@1:20:33] Working with Niko and Felix at AWS [@1:21:31] Are you still working on Noria? [@1:22:30] Rust gcc compiler [@1:23:41] How do you learn to write an OS in Rust? [@1:25:35] Packaging Rust libraries in distros [@1:28:05] Should I watch on YouTube or Twitch? [@1:28:51] One non-fiction book suggestion? [@1:29:45] How does it feel to have more money now? [@1:31:45] Clean backend architecture in Rust? [@1:32:33] Rust in embedded software? [@1:33:55] Rust and the blockchain [@1:35:28] Other programming languages? [@1:38:20] Crust of Rust on debugging? [@1:40:08] What’s Rust at Amazon like? [@1:40:48] Interviewing at Amazon [@1:42:15] How do I learn to contribute to Servo? [@1:43:47] Remote work at AWS [@1:44:25] Picking a Computer Science field [@1:45:49] Stream where you review subscriber code? [@1:47:20] How do you stay productive and focused? [@1:49:22] Any plans for 2021? [@1:50:50] Learning Rust in a country with no Rust? [@1:52:25] Will Rust replace Go in the cloud? [@1:55:32] Value of PhD vs industry experience? [@1:59:32] Do you plan to go back to academia? [@2:00:25] Better to take notes in a text editor? [@2:02:14] Why vim over an IDE? [@2:06:47] Language for the Bash-Rust gap? [@2:07:41] actix-web, warp, or rocket? [@2:09:40] Peer-to-peer based Web 3.0? [@2:12:29] Thoughts on the new president? [@2:14:56] Is currying practical in Rust? [@2:16:47] New Missing Semester lectures this year? [@2:18:01] What is your ideal question? [@2:20:30] Have you written malware? [@2:21:21] Any tips on reading Rust library docs? [@2:24:24] What’s your favorite dinosaur? [@2:25:08] Have you looked at WASM? [@2:25:55] What do you do in your free time? [@2:28:00] What’s the trajectory of Rust? [@2:31:35] What’s missing from Rust education? [@2:35:15] Do you have a pre-coding/streaming routine? [@2:36:30] Are you a coffee person? [@2:37:10] How was the move? [@2:38:31] How do I learn distributed systems? [@2:39:15] Have you heard about Zig? [@2:41:08] Can you improve things at AWS? [@2:42:42] Coming to Rust from a GC language? [@2:44:50] Resources for system design in Rust? [@2:46:42] Getting hired as a junior engineer at AWS? [@2:48:14] What’s your cat doing? [@2:50:23] How hard was passing a FAANG interview? [@2:53:50] Are “elite” universities worth it? [@2:56:33] Can you make beginner-friendly streams? [@2:58:52] Pause to vote on questions [@3:01:33] What chair do you have? [@3:02:36] Can you do an FFI stream? [@3:04:22] HKTs and Monads in Rust? [@3:06:25] Would you recommend Rust for API backends? [@3:07:35] Mocking in Rust? [@3:09:05] Coming from Typescript to Rust [@3:13:10] Read the nomicon after the book? [@3:16:25] 10 (9) quick-fire questions