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web Oct 20, 2025
Back to Basics: How the Web Works

Some concise thoughts on how the world wide web works

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programming Oct 20, 2025
The Mystery of the Hashmap

Let's do something with the Hashmap collection type in Rust

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programming Oct 20, 2025
The Essence of Templating with Tera

An introduction to important concepts in using the Tera crate for web templating.

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programming Oct 20, 2025
Rust Networking in 420 Seconds

An introduction to how to use the low level tools in Rust to start with networking

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programming Oct 20, 2025
Shut Up and Build: Keeping You Guessing

A variation on the guessing game program from Chapter 2 of the Rust Book

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editors Oct 20, 2025
Zed is in the House

A quick take on getting Zed up and running on Windows.

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meta Oct 20, 2025
This Week in Crusty Rustacean-land

A weekly update on what's going on with me...and Rust

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programming Oct 20, 2025
Shut Up and Build: Music Tracker

Don't overthink, just build something that works for you.

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photography Oct 20, 2025
Shut Up and Build: Photography API

Leverage Cloudflare R2 and Apache OpenDAL to build your own photo storage.

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programming Oct 19, 2025
Stop Reinventing Blog Platforms: Use the RealWorld Spec

Moral of the story: Don't re-invent the wheel without at least a little Googling first.

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