Jon's Miscellany

About Jon's Miscellany

For now, this site primarily re-hosts the Q&A videos in audio format.

Publisher

Jon Gjengset

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Aug 2020

Latest episode

1 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

12 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Jan 2026

   January 2026 Q&A

   Questions and answers session from January, 2026.

2. 

   1 Jan 2025

   January 2025 Q&A

   Questions and answers session from January, 2025.

3. 

   4 May 2024

   May 2024 Q&A

   Also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diCEj3F3itc. Questions and answers session from May, 2024. Link list Discord: https://discord.jonhoo.eu LogLog Games article: https://loglog.games/blog/leaving-rust-gamedev/ Rust API Guidelines: https://rust-lang.github.io/api-guidelines/ Rust Design Patterns Book: https://rust-unofficial.github.io/patterns/ Data Latam podcast: https://www.datalatam.com/ Engineering blogs: https://words.filippo.io/dispatches/ https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/ https://without.boats/ https://danluu.com/ https://docs.rs/dtolnay/ https://jvns.ca/blog/brag-documents/ https://noidea.dog/glue https://matklad.github.io/ https://www.ralfj.de/blog/ https://faultlore.com/blah/ https://fasterthanli.me/articles https://www.evanmiller.org/ https://blog.regehr.org/ Timestamps [@0:00:00] Introduction [@0:03:27] Decrusting rust-analyzer [@0:07:34] Unified approach to error handling in Rust [@0:14:35] What don’t you like about Rust? [@0:26:15] How to gain experience in Rust [@0:32:03] The recent loglog.games article about the bad Rust gamedev experience [@0:38:02] Struggles with a lack of motivation/focus/drive [@0:45:52] Rust for web development [@0:47:56] How are you doing [@0:54:57] Norway: upsides/downsides compared to the US [@1:06:41] How you stay focused and productive during the day [@1:19:01] Voting + tea + cat break [@1:22:44] Best practices in setting up a Rust project [@1:28:23] Unexpectedly high ROI things you’ve bought/started doing [@1:39:04] Getting a junior job in system programming with Rust [@1:42:09] Deciding to use async rust or not [@1:45:23] Design patterns that are specific to Rust [@1:48:01] Decrusting Leptos/BevyECS? [@1:48:57] Favorite YouTube channels [@1:49:46] https://www.youtube.com/@BBCArchive [@1:50:30] https://www.youtube.com/@CGPGrey [@1:50:54] https://www.youtube.com/@danielthrasher [@1:51:04] https://www.youtube.com/@everyframeapainting [@1:51:25] https://www.youtube.com/@IanHubert2 [@1:51:53] https://www.youtube.com/@JosephAndersonChannel [@1:52:08] https://www.youtube.com/@razbuten [@1:52:22] https://www.youtube.com/@SummoningSalt [@1:52:36] https://www.youtube.com/@MinutePhysics [@1:52:46] https://www.youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif [@1:52:53] https://www.youtube.com/@numberphile [@1:52:58] https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium [@1:53:12] https://www.youtube.com/@ozzymanreviews [@1:53:16] https://www.youtube.com/@RyanGeorge [@1:53:54] https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo [@1:54:02] https://www.youtube.com/@TwoMinutePapers [@1:54:09] https://www.youtube.com/@theslowmoguys [@1:54:20] https://www.youtube.com/@Vsauce [@1:54:43] Code review style livestreams [@2:01:00] Do you still program at your job or is it mainly management? [@2:10:49] Do you do any workouts/exercises? [@2:14:54] A crate you don’t have the use for, but wish you did [@2:16:52] Rust for Data Engineering [@2:21:58] Voting time [@2:25:30] Engineering blogs to follow [@2:34:42] The most exiting company that is using Rust [@2:37:50] Enums or traits [@2:42:12] Crust of Rust on intrinsics/SIMD [@2:42:55] Frameworks for making non-web (RPC) services [@2:45:33] Organizing your daily work [@2:48:03] Quick-fire answers

4. 

   15 Dec 2023

   December 2023 Q&A

   Also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/A3qBmLx9uTU. Questions and answers session from December, 2023. Link list Atomic operator in Raku/Perl 6: https://andrewshitov.com/2019/09/09/atomic-operations-in-perl-6/ Helsing on Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Helsing-Reviews-E6763957.htm Simon Singh’s The Code Book: https://simonsingh.net/books/the-code-book/ Rustc dev guide: https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/getting-started.html I automated my bad keyboard: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/17wrkaw/i_automated_my_bad_keyboard/ Timestamps [@0:00:00] Introduction [@0:01:31] How is work at Helsing? [@0:09:26] What software are you using? [@0:14:57] What do you think about Zig ? [@0:16:16] What’s the pathway to become a contributor to the Rust Language? [@0:23:42] What languages did you use before Rust? [@0:31:20] How did you get such a good, deep understanding of Rust? [@0:34:05] How’s life now back in Norway? [@0:38:46] Does WASM have a real future outside the web realm? [@0:40:55] My code feels way too simple. What am I doing wrong? [@0:42:55] How do you now feel about AI code tools like GitHub Copilot? [@0:48:55] Rust’s concurrency model compared to other languages you’ve worked with. [@0:51:04] Video on embedded programming when? [@0:54:23] AsyncIterator: poll_next + Generator Syntax or just next? [@0:56:01] How do you test for concurrency bugs? [@1:02:14] What social platform do you get most value out of? [@1:11:05] Rust Foundation developing an official training and certification program. [@1:16:25] Why don’t you use a Mac? is Linux actually that good? [@1:18:03] Is Ferrocene the right starting point for Rust in Space/Avionics? [@1:22:27] How is your experience of the culture, wlb and leadership style at Helsing? [@1:35:06] What does the role of Principal Engineer entail? [@1:39:15] Are you just using vanilla neovim for Rust? [@1:41:18] Will Rust 2.0 be just another release or will it be different? [@1:42:13] How can I get a job working in the Rust ecosystem? [@1:45:03] Why are there so few Rust jobs? [@1:50:07] What’s your favorite book? [@1:53:58] What’s the biggest cultural difference of working in EU vs USA? [@1:56:40] What did you like/dislike about Amazon compared to Helsing? [@2:00:31] What do you do while waiting for Rust to compile on a big codebase? [@2:01:21] How do you feel about mathematics in computer science? [@2:03:12] If you had kids, would you want them to grow up in the US or in Nordic countries? [@2:06:35] Will you do some advent of code in rust? [@2:07:31] What’s a project you would like to start, but haven’t had the time to start it? [@2:15:34] What are your thoughts on CTFs? Have you ever played them? [@2:15:49] How are you so cool? [@2:15:59] How are the cats adjusting to the move? [@2:16:30] How are you doing? [@2:17:28] Any ideas to make profiling of Rust programs better? [@2:17:59] How do you use properly mpsc receiver on a separate thread? [@2:18:29] Do you use a debugger, print, or both? [@2:19:00] What’s your Rust 2.0 wishlist? [@2:19:37] What do you think about certifications? [@2:20:10] Why do you look so old? [@2:20:30] Any tips on how to increase my salary (in LatAm)? [@2:21:23] What does your ideal team look like? [@2:22:53] Is there any issue/topic that you are too busy to do but would love if someone did it? [@2:24:45] What are some beginner-friendly open-source Rust projects that may hire remotely? [@2:25:53] Are there jobs for junior Rust developers? [@2:26:23] Can you give any advice on Statement of Purpose and Letters of Recommendation? [@2:29:26] What do you think of Rust’s 2024 roadmap? [@2:31:11] Go vote for the last question… [@2:33:22] How do you get excited to build stuff and improve without getting burnt out?

5. 

   14 Jul 2023

   July 2023 Q&A

   Also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/r1lc2fmU_Rg. Questions and answers session from July, 2023. Link list The B society: https://www.b-society.org/ Principal engineer’s handbook: https://ilya.grigorik.com/the-principal-engineers-handbook/ Writing about your work: https://jvns.ca/blog/brag-documents/ Stream calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=719b6cf08a9f11da4a732083a43aa00a61a7943ea864a57417b5da13b1fc8ccb@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/Oslo Timestamps [@0:00:00] Introduction [@0:01:32] How did you find your new job? [@0:03:48] Pay gap between old and new job [@0:09:00] Rust Foundation Trademark debacle [@0:12:30] Isn’t AI in the military a bad idea? [@0:18:12] Where is Rust used in Helsing given they do AI? [@0:22:45] Skin care routine [@0:24:53] Notoriety and interviewing [@0:33:13] Does the lack of sun in Norway bother you? [@0:34:48] Is a PhD worth it? [@0:39:10] How does your partner like Norway? [@0:43:06] Best way to practice Rust? [@0:45:00] Rust on GPUs [@0:46:32] Where in Norway are you working from? [@0:51:36] Moving to an IDE? [@0:54:08] How do you know the company isn’t evil? [@1:01:34] How are the cats? [@1:06:12] Interviewing and moving at the same time [@1:07:40] What is your daily routine? [@1:14:45] The Rust build system at Amazon [@1:18:46] Do you exercise? [@1:20:06] AI replacing engineers [@1:29:16] Helsing and remote work [@1:32:29] Favorite purchase last 6 months [@1:34:12] Did requiring remote reduce your job opportunities [@1:35:29] Will you be an IC for the rest of your career? [@1:37:16] Leaving Amazon [@1:39:45] Cat! [@1:40:37] Rust for data engineering tools? [@1:43:01] Do you mentor? [@1:43:59] How do you organize your todos? [@1:47:35] What about Norway disappoints you? [@1:54:03] Might you start a company? [@1:55:30] RustConf situation [@1:58:46] A community Discord? Patreon? [@2:05:52] Do we want more compiler backends? [@2:08:22] Moving to Wayland [@2:11:13] More Crust of Rust [@2:12:23] What’s your setup now? [@2:13:48] Getting a job without formal education [@2:15:25] The omnomnom voice [@2:15:45] Programming languages at Helsing [@2:16:49] What are principal engineers? [@2:20:30] How do we make Rust default choice for ML kernels? [@2:21:38] Video on ghost_cell and qcell? [@2:22:50] Pitfalls for junior engineers [@2:28:46] Rust in robotics and space stuff [@2:30:04] Will rustc share code with rust-analyzer? [@2:31:23] Imposter syndrome [@2:32:27] How’d you meet girls during your PhD? [@2:35:13] Wayland compositor [@2:35:55] Why do you not work on Noria? [@2:37:31] Emacs? [@2:38:16] Struggling to find a junior tech job [@2:42:03] Innovation in Norway [@2:44:26] BSDs and NixOS [@2:46:19] Working in security [@2:47:31] Front-end development in Rust [@2:49:16] Tech in a decade [@2:51:38] Backend framework choice [@2:52:10] Best language for cryptography [@2:53:24] Return to lock-free simulation series? [@2:53:50] Why did you leave the US? [@2:55:13] Question speed-run [@2:58:21] Opinion of Amazon [@3:01:22] Working on a visa [@3:03:10] More question speed-run [@3:13:12] What brought you to Rust? [@3:15:30] What can dynamic dispatch do that enum dispatch can’t? [@3:18:41] Outro

6. 

   3 Dec 2022

   December 2022 Q&A

   Also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/DYOlShQePjY. Questions and answers session from December, 2022. Link list https://wewerewondering.com/ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/11/19/AWS-Blockchain https://github.com/rust-lang/lang-team/issues/122 Timestamps [@0:00:00] Why another Q&A so soon? [@0:02:06] DSLR Webcam comparison [@0:08:50] wewerewondering.com [@0:31:05] Rust in university curriculums [@0:40:07] Limiting multi-voting by IP [@0:41:35] How will GATs change std? [@0:45:02] leetcode and tech interviewing [@0:57:05] Advent of Code stream [@0:58:27] Best technical books you’ve read [@1:06:05] Rust in HPC [@1:07:46] What languages pair well with Rust? [@1:09:25] What would you do if not coding? [@1:12:15] Biobreak [@1:15:30] Cat time! [@1:20:23] Are Data Structures and Algorithms important? [@1:21:56] Open Source experience relevance to industry [@1:28:11] Features missing that we use macros for now [@1:30:50] Is Rust worth it for small programs? [@1:32:46] More doors or wheels in the world? [@1:35:03] Plans for 2023 [@1:43:02] Favorite recent board games [@1:47:25] Is incompetence among programmers increasing? [@1:49:30] The allocator API [@1:52:45] Do you know the lyrics for Bohemian Rhapsody? [@1:56:27] Rust in serverless services [@1:58:30] More powerful Rust macros [@2:01:25] What laptop do you use? [@2:03:24] Rust for web frontend development [@2:04:15] Reproducible/hermetic Rust builds [@2:07:25] Which of your cats would you get along with? [@2:08:38] Will AI take the fun out of programming? [@2:12:35] What that you do will be most impactful? [@2:17:05] What language if Rust vanished? [@2:19:32] Being a digital nomad [@2:20:35] Latest good TV show [@2:21:50] Why does WWW sort just by upvotes? [@2:25:18] Camera difference in different light [@2:27:22] Mara’s book on locks and atomics [@2:28:01] Stream making a D&D campaign [@2:29:56] What is a monad? [@2:31:45] Blockchain as a technology [@2:34:15] Ideas in the middle of the night [@2:36:35] Heard of Leptos? [@2:37:35] Enum Variant Types [@2:40:00] Have you done game programming? [@2:41:39] The Helix editor [@2:43:35] Rapidfire answers [@2:45:47] Stream with Tim McNamara? [@2:46:41] Rapidfire answers [@2:47:14] Where did J come from? [@2:48:04] Rapidfire answers [@2:49:10] Underappreciated Rust pattern [@2:50:15] Rapidfire answers [@2:52:30] When can you say you know Rust? [@2:53:33] Rapidfire answers [@2:56:56] RustNation UK talk [@2:58:05] Blood on the Clocktower [@2:59:50] Rapidfire answers [@3:03:55] X-Y problems [@3:05:32] Rapidfire answers [@3:11:36] Outro

7. 

   6 Nov 2022

   November 2022 Q&A

   Also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/01V-0YkEd0M. Questions and answers session from November, 2022. Timestamps [@0:00:00] Introduction [@0:02:39] Managing/splitting your time [@0:08:10] Picking dependencies [@0:17:40] Justifying working for Amazon [@0:22:30] Moving to full-time open-source/teaching [@0:27:05] Beginner-friendly Rust projects [@0:32:50] WebAssembly [@0:34:58] Why vim? [@0:41:25] What would you remove from Rust? [@0:45:15] Increasing Rust complexity [@0:52:55] Copilot [@1:00:00] Rust in the Linux kernel [@1:02:30] Management consulting [@1:05:15] NixOS [@1:07:45] Keeping notes [@1:25:10] Playing the piano [@1:31:40] Advice for undergrads applying for grad school [@1:38:50] Is Rust adoption accelerating? [@1:44:10] Rust in critical systems [@1:46:25] Favorite podcasts [@1:52:25] Moving from LA [@2:07:50] Non-technical books [@2:10:45] Allocators in Rust [@2:13:45] Nervous starting as a software engineer [@2:20:55] Aside: camera cables [@2:21:45] Alternate careers [@2:24:20] Ensemble/mob/pair programming [@2:27:40] Rust debugger [@2:32:15] Why did you continue in academia after undergrad? [@2:40:40] Parasocial relationships [@2:43:12] Moving to Rust jobs from jobs in other langs [@2:46:10] Why MIT? [@2:50:00] Elon Musk and Twitter [@2:54:50] Challenges in developer experience tooling [@2:59:13] Interesting problems in databases [@3:01:25] Actors vs. shared memory [@3:03:45] Do PhD if want to join industry? [@3:05:55] Camera side-by-side

8. 

   11 Jun 2022

   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

9. 

   1 Jan 2022

   January 2022 Q&A

   Also available on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/7Qkc18qJFvo. Questions and answers session from January, 2022. Timestamps [@0:00:00] Introduction [@0:01:40] Image video quality [@0:02:14] Audio/video sync [@0:04:02] What do you do at AWS? [@0:06:40] Future of the borrow checker [@0:07:54] What’s your microphone? [@0:08:52] Hiring Rust engineers [@0:10:27] Rust in web3 [@0:12:34] What don’t you know in Rust? [@0:15:03] Named parameters in Rust [@0:15:55] Overcoming learning anxiety [@0:19:07] Has your desktop/editor setup changed? [@0:20:28] How are you holding up? [@0:23:01] Do you work remotely for AWS? [@0:24:27] Rust for Rustaceans Kindle issues [@0:26:17] Is a Masters/PhD “worth it”? [@0:31:32] Is the programmer job market saturating? [@0:33:13] Do you believe in God? [@0:33:44] Zig [@0:34:32] What OS(es) do you use? [@0:35:47] Advice for 1st year PhDs? [@0:36:58] University of Oslo [@0:39:47] Rust compile times [@0:41:54] Can you write an OS in Rust? [@0:42:16] Coolest public AWS Rust project [@0:42:51] Rust for data science [@0:43:52] Being far from parents/family [@0:44:47] Moving back to Norway [@0:45:58] More regular streams [@0:49:37] What do you look for in a job? [@0:52:26] Finding a problem in WASM [@0:53:21] Should I start a Rust YT channel? [@0:57:57] Origins of the universe [@1:02:50] People re-teaching your content [@1:04:39] What inspired Noria? [@1:06:36] Video Games in Rust [@1:08:05] Would you live forever? [@1:08:47] What is Noria? [@1:09:44] Rust GUI support [@1:10:49] Ownership in game programming [@1:11:52] Have you met anyone from core? [@1:12:56] Goal for the coming year [@1:14:37] Rust in Linux [@1:15:20] Show us the cat (no cat) [@1:16:31] What books are you reading? [@1:20:29] What is your salary? [@1:21:24] What’s your 2nd favorite color? [@1:21:59] Travel bucket list [@1:25:17] Do you miss dependent types? [@1:27:47] How old are you? [@1:29:32] Advice on teaching [@1:31:22] Fav. restaurant(s) in LA [@1:33:05] GiveDirectly [@1:34:45] What made you go to grad school? [@1:36:39] Where can I get your book? [@1:37:20] Why did you go to the US? [@1:38:09] What music do you listen to? [@1:40:17] First large Rust program [@1:41:17] My Spotify playlists [@1:42:56] Will you write another book soon? [@1:45:33] Anything your book is missing? [@1:46:49] Show us the book! [@1:48:47] When will Rust be The One Language? [@1:50:05] How’s Chai (my cat)? [@1:50:34] Expected Rust background for streams [@1:51:21] Will Rust remain popular? [@1:52:02] When is Rust “general purpose”? [@1:53:30] Noria in production [@1:54:12] Your workout routine [@1:55:19] What happened this summer? [@2:00:49] Can I sponsor you? [@2:01:22] You working with Niko and Felix? [@2:01:56] Where did you go in Germany? [@2:02:50] Amazon wishlist [@2:04:22] Do you binge shows? [@2:04:33] Signed book copies [@2:05:26] Coffee or tea? [@2:05:35] How can you do long streams? [@2:05:59] Football (soccer) [@2:06:49] Blood on the Clocktower [@2:07:23] What’s your chair? [@2:07:47] Outro

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    23 Jan 2021

    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

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    18 Aug 2020

    August 2020 Q&A (#2)

    Also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/rMS1G9gEbjw. Another questions and answers session from August, 2020. Timestamps [@0:00:00] Intro [@0:02:22] Contributing to Rust projects [@0:05:20] Recent Mozilla layoffs [@0:07:47] Intermediate Rust [@0:11:57] Test-driven development [@0:14:28] Microsoft and OSS [@0:16:31] Things I’d change in Rust [@0:18:40] Interop between C and Rust [@0:20:36] More things I’d change in Rust [@0:21:44] More interop between C and Rust [@0:22:05] Trump admin. visa changes [@0:25:18] Shared Rust dependencies [@0:27:53] Best Rust nightly feature [@0:30:17] Ooops, wrong view [@0:31:44] More Rust nightly features [@0:37:08] Learning other languages [@0:38:18] Actor frameworks [@0:39:26] Rust REPL [@0:40:49] Future of Noria [@0:41:55] Top Rust projects [@0:44:06] Work between undergrad and PhD [@0:46:00] Learning Rust concurrency [@0:48:30] Experience at MIT [@0:52:03] Leaving academia [@0:54:05] Podcast recommendations [@0:58:15] Desktop setup [@1:00:43] Recommended non-fiction [@1:03:14] Strings, cloning, and maps [@1:03:55] Rust for DSP [@1:05:02] Job hunt & what’s next? [@1:06:51] Haskell has a REPL [@1:07:30] Systems eng. practice [@1:09:46] Tabletop games online [@1:11:45] Rust graphics programming [@1:12:49] Avoid Rust becoming C++ [@1:13:59] Mixing industry and academia [@1:15:23] Dependency bloat [@1:17:46] Finding Rust jobs [@1:20:25] Writing cron in Rust [@1:22:10] Remote work [@1:25:52] MPI programming [@1:26:52] Where do you want to live? [@1:30:53] Web programming in Rust [@1:32:54] Programmers you admire [@1:39:00] Rust and academia [@1:41:00] Undergraduate theses [@1:42:34] When not to use Rust [@1:45:08] Kernel modules in Rust [@1:46:09] Favorite lang. pre-Rust [@1:48:25] WebAssembly and WASI [@1:49:05] btrfs [@1:49:46] Joining a Rust team [@1:51:25] Working on Rust [@1:53:15] Is your webcam mirrored? [@1:53:53] Most impactful book [@1:55:02] Formal verification??? [@2:00:31] How old are you? [@2:00:52] Only looking for Rust jobs [@2:02:24] First programming language [@2:03:25] The Rust foundation [@2:04:55] Parsing binary data [@2:06:16] Big projects in Rust [@2:07:51] Compile time [@2:11:10] Slower software [@2:12:45] Immutable datastructures [@2:13:15] Making slow software fast [@2:15:45] IPFS [@2:16:20] Intermission [@2:19:01] Future of WebAssembly [@2:20:15] Static linking [@2:24:48] cranelift [@2:25:56] US political climate [@2:28:52] Signing off

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    8 Aug 2020

    August 2020 Q&A

    Also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/AUEbaWaEeF4. Questions and answers session from August, 2020. Timestamps [@00:00:00] Introduction [@00:02:38] Your shell prompt? [@00:02:56] Swift vs Rust? [@00:03:31] Understanding difficult concepts [@00:03:56] Is Rust too complex? [@00:05:04] Dvorak and Colemak [@00:05:26] GPT-3 [@00:07:10] Higher-ranked trait bounds [@00:07:54] Protocol parsers [@00:09:09] GPU programming [@00:10:46] Haskell [@00:11:08] Why Rust over C++/C? [@00:12:26] Master’s thesis [@00:13:13] tokio/async-std [@00:15:26] Debuggers [@00:15:42] Data structures and algorithms [@00:16:05] Working before going back to school [@00:16:18] Object-oriented programming [@00:16:55] Crate review streams [@00:17:25] How did you pick your area? [@00:18:17] WebAssembly [@00:18:44] Plans after graduating? [@00:19:23] Macros over generics? [@00:20:02] Competitive programming [@00:20:37] Reading papers on screens [@00:21:40] Coolest upcoming feature [@00:23:41] Ethics in ML [@00:25:03] Is Rust general-purpose? [@00:26:17] Rust networking [@00:26:40] C++ vs Go [@00:27:14] Second favorite language [@00:27:55] Fiction and “faction” [@00:28:13] Musical instruments [@00:28:48] Formal languages [@00:30:01] Distributed systems stream [@00:30:20] Favorite flavor of bagel [@00:30:42] Handling millions of connections [@00:32:17] Is higher education necessary? [@00:33:28] Self-referential structs [@00:34:13] SIMD in Noria [@00:34:45] The tracing crate [@00:35:32] Game development [@00:36:35] Beautiful CS ideas [@00:37:51] When do you graduate? [@00:38:22] Pronouncing your name [@00:38:43] Memory orderings [@00:39:34] When did you start with Rust? [@00:39:55] What do you use for drawing? [@00:40:18] Crust of Rust Schedule [@00:40:36] “Rewrite in Rust” memes [@00:42:18] Developing a database [@00:42:55] Is Big Tech too big? [@00:44:07] async fn in traits [@00:45:32] Functional programming [@00:45:43] Blockchains [@00:46:22] Favorite Rust crate [@00:46:42] Recommended CS Books [@00:48:41] Quantum computing [@00:49:05] Do you play video games? [@00:50:32] Getting into MIT [@00:51:08] Thank for the thank yous! [@00:51:45] Streaming topics [@00:52:15] What YouTubers do you watch? [@00:54:20] Providing async and sync APIs [@00:54:48] Next steps for Noria [@00:56:13] Moving to LA [@00:56:55] Advice to Rust beginners [@00:57:24] Being good at maths [@00:58:00] Your next job? [@00:58:11] Imposter syndrome [@00:59:27] “jonhoo” [@00:59:47] Publishing to graduate [@01:00:08] Low-level resources [@01:01:15] Memory ordering stream [@01:01:27] Rust over Go [@01:01:45] Debugging distributed code [@01:03:31] Covariance [@01:04:14] Garbage collection [@01:04:59] Web development in Rust [@01:05:20] Lifetimes in other languages [@01:06:14] Things in Rust you dislike [@01:07:36] Missing Rust libraries [@01:09:20] Learning async/await [@01:09:55] Background before college [@01:10:30] Favorite board game [@01:11:16] Standardized testing [@01:12:26] Other ways to learn Rust [@01:13:06] Working as a student [@01:13:46] Noria in production [@01:14:05] Publishing your first crate [@01:14:25] Working with Malte [@01:14:52] Maths in CS [@01:15:14] Teaching computer science [@01:16:35] Favorite animal [@01:17:04] How did you choose your lab? [@01:17:58] Writing good documentation [@01:19:26] What is Covariance? [@01:19:57] What’s for dinner? [@01:20:11] RISC-V [@01:20:32] Epoch-based GC [@01:21:30] actix [@01:21:49] From ML to HPC [@01:22:11] Red flags for Rust FFI [@01:23:46] Implementing a protocol [@01:24:02] Fully understanding Rust [@01:24:43] Can you make a Rust course? [@01:25:09] Windows window managers [@01:25:55] Documentation in LaTeX [@01:26:24] Finding good papers [@01:27:15] Lack of motivation [@01:29:11] C and MPI [@01:30:05] Rust and maths [@01:30:38] if let chains [@01:31:08] More FFI red flags [@01:31:30] Learning GPU in Rust [@01:32:06] Laptop recommendations [@01:32:33] PC specifications [@01:33:13] Time management [@01:34:36] Teaching with Rust [@01:35:30] Big CS conferences? [@01:36:19] Rust for ML [@01:37:53] AsyncDrop [@01:39:49] Missing Semester class [@01:40:25] Better docs than rustdoc [@01:40:48] Dotfiles on GitHub [@01:41:37] What to work on? [@01:42:39] Pi vs Tau [@01:43:05] Solution you’re proud of [@01:44:00] Favorite restaurant [@01:44:36] The insight of Pin [@01:45:06] More streams like this? [@01:45:17] Embedded Rust [@01:45:28] Distributed systems resources [@01:46:08] Code style and rustfmt [@01:48:01] Grad school opportunity cost [@01:50:03] Stagnated rustc PR [@01:50:59] Non-programming hobbies [@01:52:11] Rust in 10 years [@01:53:24] Wayland in OBS [@01:54:03] npm_modules vs Rust crates [@01:55:44] Dark-mode GitHub [@01:56:31] Advice to an 18-year old [@01:57:14] Arguing for Rust adoption [@01:59:00] What do you wish you knew before PhD [@02:00:07] Small Rust crates you like [@02:00:32] Getting started with Rust OSS [@02:00:48] Taking notes [@02:01:40] WSL2 [@02:02:22] Rust as an introductory language [@02:03:13] CS electives at university [@02:04:07] Breaking into Rust jobs [@02:04:33] What would you change in Rust? [@02:05:40] What drew you to Rust? [@02:06:07] Which Linux distro? [@02:06:27] Industries that benefit from Rust [@02:07:38] DuckDuckGo [@02:07:58] Plotting [@02:09:00] Favorite dessert [@02:09:30] Exciting nightly features [@02:10:28] Programming beverage [@02:10:57] Made it to the end

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