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Supper Club × Rust In Action with Tim McNamara

Feb 3, 2023

Tim McNamara, author of "Rust in Action," joins to discuss his journey from Python to Rust and the significance of Rust in modern development. He shares insights on the Rust learning curve, highlighting its ownership model and community support. The conversation includes performance comparisons between Rust and Node, showcasing Rust's memory management benefits. Tim also emphasizes the importance of engaging in familiar projects to ease the transition and unlock creative potential in web development.

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Intro

3min

Navigating the Rust Learning Curve

17min

Rust vs Node: Performance and Practicality

14min

Exploring Differences in CPU Architectures and Instruction Sets

6min

Navigating the Shift: JavaScript to Rust

13min

Keyboard Preferences and an Unusual Avian Recommendation

3min

Celebrating Contributions and Encouraging Exploration

3min

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Tim McNamara, author of Rust in Action about what Rust is, how to get started learning Rust, and ideas of good projects to begin learning Rust with.

Show Notes

00:37 Welcome
01:26 Guest introduction
Rust in Action
Tim on Twitter
Tim on YouTube
03:51 What was it like to write a book on Rust?
07:52 What drew you to Rust?
13:01 The approachability of Rust
21:41 What’s a good introductory project with Rust?
25:15 Why would someone learn Rust?
It’s time to try WASM
40:23 What is a crate and cargo in Rust?
44:17 Running Rust in various places
50:53 Should the average web developer try Rust?
52:13 Supper club questions
54:17 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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