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pdimitar · 2019-09-24 00:08:02+00:00

I'm curious why did your progress with Rust stalled and at which point? I’m starting to learn it and so far I haven’t noticed any productivity blockers.

chromatin | karma 1277 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2024-04-27 15:08:29

"so far" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there =)

I was the same the first two times I tried to use rust (earnestly). However, one day it just "clicked" and my productivity exceeds that of almost anything else, for the specific type of work I'm doing (scientific computation)

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denysvitali | karma 3857 | avg karma 4.43 · | 2020-08-07 10:11:14

Thank you for your tips! I'll try again to dive into the Rust ecosystem, hopefully with a more happy outcome thanks to your tips :)

Roboprog | karma 2235 | avg karma 1.06 · | 2014-11-19 05:33:29+00:00

Thanks for the tip. Everything I read about Rust sounds really good, BUT, I've yet to download it and write Hello World, so not sure how painful it is in practice.

geodel | karma 6768 | avg karma 2.18 · | 2016-02-29 01:41:28+00:00

Thanks. I need to spend time and learn Rust. The one thing stopping me is lack of some small work related project which I can try in Rust

disordinary | karma 1524 | avg karma 2.39 · | 2017-01-19 00:22:30+00:00

I've found Rust to be quite enjoyable, sometimes the borrow checker is annoying but you get used to it pretty quickly.

I only play around with it for personal projects but I would have thought that if I went from scratch and spent four days on it like the article stated that I'd be pretty productive.

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jib_flow | karma 7 | avg karma 1.75 · | 2020-12-03 19:48:51+00:00

As someone who has struggled learning Rust, it's incredible to me you were able to do this so quickly. Had you spent much time prior with Rust?

mrbonner | karma 726 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2019-08-04 21:28:15

Mostly in Java and now picking up Rust in my spare time.

giis | karma 3794 | avg karma 5.06 · | 2017-01-15 15:08:09+00:00

Can anyone share some insights on how time much did it took to get comfortable with Rust? I'm getting started and crawling with concepts like ownership, mutability

echelon | karma 19387 | avg karma 2.75 · | 2017-01-05 05:27:14+00:00

This is an amazing postmortem--thanks for posting it! I'm really happy to hear about your success with Rust!

djhworld | karma 4280 | avg karma 2.8 · | 2016-11-16 19:00:46+00:00

I keep trying to learn rust but fail miserably.

They do say on their website that there's a hump that you have to climb over before everything fits into place, which is probably applicable to everything you'll learn, but sometimes I think that hump is too much of a hurdle

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steveklabnik | karma 91260 | avg karma 5.08 · | 2017-08-23 18:58:55+00:00

Rust's major goals this year are around learnability and productivity; maybe come check it out again someday :)

_5yoy | karma 239 | avg karma 26.56 · | 2020-09-21 05:09:22+00:00

I'm happy that you became productive in Rust quickly; I do not believe that to be the average case.

nathan_tarbert | karma 45 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2023-07-27 22:26:31

thanks for the insight cratermoon, I've considered learning Rust. I will definitely check into it.

I appreciate the links you've posted.

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vvanders | karma 14177 | avg karma 4.33 · | 2017-04-27 21:34:53

Yeah, most projects I worked on was doing the static creator before Rust showed up on the scene since it sidesteps a lot of these issues.

squiguy7 | karma 683 | avg karma 3.16 · | 2015-01-21 16:00:33

Rust has been great because it forces me to really invest time into doing something correctly instead of just coding.

kevindeasis | karma 3212 | avg karma 3.71 · | 2016-01-22 09:31:10

Thank you, that was very informative and very helpful! I will definitely start learning Rust!

faceplanted | karma 493 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2020-10-24 06:49:37

Would you mind going into more detail about what you found hard about learning Rust? I'm interested in a counter perspective as someone who hasn't learned it yet and has mostly only seen positive media about it.

asdkhadsj | karma 1709 | avg karma 2.83 · | 2018-12-27 13:33:26

Programming Rust. I've used it in the past and never quite felt great about a few aspects of it (lifetimes, for example). Now however a work situation is arising where Rust might be preferred, so deep into the pool I go.

It'll make me a better programming regardless, so it's good for me. I look forward to improvement :)

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greatNespresso | karma 595 | avg karma 2.67 · | 2022-12-10 13:25:49

Congrats ! Was considering building a similar program to learn Rust, cool that you managed to finish it and release!