Articles are single-page pieces that give a whirlwind tour of a specific topic.
They're different from series, which go very in-depth, taking many detours.
It's time for some personal and professional news!
TL;DR: I started a podcast with James, I'm stable on antidepressants, I'm giving a P99 CONF about my Rust/io_uring/HTTP work, I'm trying on "they/them" as pronouns, I'm open-sourcing merde_json, rubicon and others, I got a divorce in 2023, I found a new business model.
Update: EuroRust introduces a freelancer ticket
I'm happy to report that the EuroRust organizers have listened, and they've come up with a solution.
I try to avoid doing "meta" / "behind the scenes" stuff, because I usually feel like it has to be "earned". How many YouTube channels are channels about making YouTube videos? Too many.
My family wasn't poor by any stretch of the imagination, but I was raised to avoid spending money whenever possible.
I use the draw.io desktop app to
make diagrams for my website. I run it on an actual desktop, like Windows or
macOS, but the asset pipeline that converts .drawio files, to .pdf, to
.svg, and then to .svg again (but smaller) runs on Linux.
Disclaimer:
At some point in this article, I discuss The Rust Foundation. I have received a $5000 grant from them in 2023 for making educational articles and videos about Rust.
(Note: this was originally posted as a gist)
Reassuring myself about Rust
Up until recently, I was part of two private online discussion spaces where a bunch of Rust people hung out.