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
