John Arundel
@bitfield
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Go/Rust writer and teacher 🦀. Programming is fun, and you should have fun! Join my Code Club for free Rust + Go learning resources ↓
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Joined April 2008
RT @pftg: Start with your dream API and work backwards. The magic function method changed how I design code. Simple yet powerful. #rust #pr….
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How do you design user-friendly APIs in Rust? The answer is easy: you use them! Let’s build a simple Rust CLI tool using what I call the “magic function” approach.
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Can't believe I forgot to mention this: you can buy all five of my Go books for the price of four today. How's that for a humble bundle?
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Hello, and welcome to learning Go! Now, for the first time, you can buy the complete set of my Go books as a single bundle—five books for the price of four! For the Love of Go The Power of Go: Tools...
@bitfield do you run Thanksgiving sale? Looking to buy some of your books.
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”Layoffs are a fact of life in a volatile industry. You may not see the rocks coming; companies tend to fail gradually, then suddenly. But an unexpected transition to 'funemployment' needn’t be a disaster.“
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As software engineers, we're constantly making detailed, elaborate plans for computers to execute. Isn't it weird that we rarely give a moment's thought to the program for our own careers?
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‘Graydon Hoare described Rust as “technology from the past, come to save the future from itself”. He wanted to build, not a new, exciting, and experimental programming language, but a solid, boring, reliable language, based on proven ideas that work.’
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A simple, step-by-step guide to reducing load on your servers at this busy time: .
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You are about to see and learn how a missing test puts thousands of production Kubernetes systems in danger.
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”For probably 80% of the software we write, Go gets the job done just fine. Rust, on the other hand, neatly fills the gaps where Go isn’t an ideal choice: kernels, firmware, embedded devices, real-time systems.“
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Alex Pliutau and I discuss what Go programmers should know about Rust, and why the two languages make perfect partners.
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“Never think that being polite is a sign of weakness,” Chen said. “It is really a sign of great strength. When people are rude, they expose their weaknesses. When we are polite, our enemies cannot see our weaknesses.”.
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In the final part of this series on the world of work, we’ll talk about how not to suck at meetings.
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Joking aside, friends, please enjoy my book about TDD:
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What does it mean to program with confidence? How do you build self-testing software? What even is a test, anyway? Welcome to the thrilling world of fuzzy mutants and spies, guerilla testing, mocks...
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TDD stands for “Tests During Development” /meme changemymind.
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And I'm being told *checks earpiece* this is one of Dominic's most-listened episodes so far! You should definitely succumb to peer pressure about this and tune in.
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This was a really fun conversation, and I firmly believe Go programmers who don't know Rust are missing out. The two languages complement one another perfectly: Go is pragmatic, Rust is powerful. Why not learn and use both?.
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“Doesn’t everyone write tests? Isn’t it considered best practice?”. Sure. But best practice is what a company *says* it does. What actually goes on is another matter.
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How do you rescue a legacy codebase that has no tests? Let's look at some techniques for clawing your way back to maintainability, one test at a time.
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