The Rise of the Tech Scene in Utah

Allen Wyma and Zeeshan Ali Khan talk with John Nunley, contributor to the smol async runtime.

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Timestamps

• [@0:00] - Introduction
• [@1:46] - Advantage of smol
• [@5:40] - John Nunley’s programming background
• [@11:50] - Tauri, GTK and other GUI frameworks
• [@16:16] - Async.io
• [@19:28] - Writing packages and breaking up packages into smaller modules
• [@24:21] - John’s work career
• [@25:09] - Windows vs Linux API
• [@29:06] - windows-rs
• [@30:03] - Windows support with Rust
• [@31:46] - Recent changes in smol
• [@33:16] - Event Listener and how it works
• [@37:26] - Handling pull requests and complaints
• [@41:40] - smol’s integration with other runtimes
• [@44:54] - smol vs Tokio
• [@47:04] - Reason why smol is growing in popularity among GUI crates
• [@49:06] - Recent developments in async
• [@52:18] - The Async working group
• [@58:11] - Community-based crates with suggestions and structure
• [@1:00:22] - What to expect to come out of smol in the near future?
• [@1:02:11] - Parting thoughts

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma and Zeeshan Ali Khan