This time around, we're porting a solution from C++ to Rust and seeing how it feels, how it performs, and what we can learn about both languages by doing that.

I ported some Advent of Code solutions from C/C++ to Rust, and used the opportunity to compare performance. When I couldn't explain why they performed differently, I had no choice but to disassemble both and look at what the codegen was like!

So you want to do live streams. Are you sure? Okay. Let's talk about it.

Let's talk numbers

As of today, I am no longer employed by fly.io.

We're both very sad, and we've promised to stay friends and send postcards to each other over winter break. (I'm excited, too — Annie makes great postcards)

HTTP does a pretty good job staying out of everyone's way.

If you're reading this article, there's a solid chance it was delivered to you over HTTP. Even if you're reading this from an RSS reader or something. And you didn't even have to think about it!

Let's use the Advent of Code 2022, a series of programming challenges of increasing difficulty, to learn more about the Rust programming language.

In 2020, I switched from a static site generator to something homemade.

And, as tradition commands, I did a whole write-up about it.