June 2022 Q&A

Also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/aGrlEdAe6YE. Questions and answers session from June, 2022.

Link list

My dotfiles/configs: https://github.com/jonhoo/configs bspwm: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm Safe transmutes: https://github.com/rust-lang/project-safe-transmute Spain map: https://muir-way.com/collections/all/products/spain-and-portugal-1879-relief-map Rustacean Station egui episode: https://rustacean-station.org/episode/emil-ernerfeldt/ Strict provenance: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/95228 Ralf’s article on provenance: https://www.ralfj.de/blog/2020/12/14/provenance.html Removing scoped threads: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/24292 Adding back scoped threads: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/93203 VIM adventure game: https://vim-adventures.com/ mem::forget is safe: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/24456 NLL: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/57895 Hazard pointer library: https://docs.rs/haphazard/ Blood on the Clocktower: https://bloodontheclocktower.com/ My board game list: https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/jonhoo?subtype=boardgame&ff=1 Doppelkopf: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelkopf Hanabi Slack bot: https://github.com/jonhoo/hanabot

Timestamps

[@0:00:00] Introduction [@0:00:53] Send and structs with raw pointers [@0:01:15] Stream about current setup [@0:02:24] Safe transmute [@0:03:11] The map behind me [@0:03:45] What do you do outside of work? [@0:05:14] Learning Rust at AWS [@0:06:51] Rust GUI [@0:07:21] Adding a new OS to Rust [@0:08:21] What do you do at AWS? [@0:09:29] Casting pointers to/from usize [@0:11:42] “Rust is Hard” [@0:13:14] scoped threads [@0:14:35] Breakpoints in async Rust [@0:16:45] Plan to write more books? [@0:18:07] A trait for “owned value” [@0:19:03] “Good Reasons to Avoid Rust” [@0:21:28] Adding Redox support to Rust [@0:22:46] Will Rust be ready for web dev? [@0:24:19] VIM tutorials? [@0:25:53] Why is mem::forget safe? [@0:26:37] Communicating between Rust processes [@0:27:52] Learning C++ before Rust [@0:28:35] NLL stabilization [@0:29:39] Where in Europe would you live? [@0:32:12] Mutably borrowing disjoint slice parts [@0:32:49] Hazard pointers [@0:34:38] Internet speeds [@0:36:59] What language will you try next? [@0:39:37] Is C++ still useful? [@0:41:40] How do you get confident in teaching? [@0:43:46] Next stream topic [@0:45:55] async vs threads [@0:48:38] Does Rust make programs more secure? [@0:50:22] Suggesting stream ideas [@0:51:40] Distribute systems streams [@0:52:55] What’s your keyboard? [@0:54:00] Scientific computing in Rust [@0:55:00] Why are distributed systems hairy? [@0:56:22] Most joyful luxury item [@0:58:15] Public transportation in LA [@0:59:38] Favorite board game(s) [@1:05:53] More luxury item discussion [@1:07:52] Cats! [@1:10:10] Writing bots for learning [@1:10:45] TV shows [@1:11:38] Is Jay a llama or an alpaca? [@1:12:18] Wordplay (and naming things) [@1:13:23] Is English your first language? [@1:14:32] Going to SHUX? RustConf? [@1:15:12] Streaming non-programming content? [@1:16:13] Topics you found hard to grasp? [@1:17:49] Video games [@1:19:39] Making me pick up a stream topic [@1:20:21] Why not Counter Strike again? [@1:21:20] Rounding off