4 Reasons I’m Learning Rust
My Rust journey has been... hectic, to say the least. Between a broken laptop screen and life throwing its usual curveballs, keeping the momentum hasn't been easy. But I’m still here, and I'm still building.
If you’ve been on X (Twitter) lately, you’ve probably seen the "Rewrite it in Rust" meme. But it's more than a meme—it's a massive shift in how we think about performance and reliability.
The "Rewrite everything" Wave
I see it everywhere. Old, "reliable" tech being rewritten from the ground up because it’s no longer fast enough or safe enough. Rust is becoming the foundation for the next generation of the web and beyond. If the industry is moving there, I want to be the one building the foundation, not just the house on top.
Here are 4 reasons why I’m going all-in on Rust:
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No More Memory Nightmares — As someone who builds automated systems, memory leaks and SEGFAULTs are my enemies. Rust’s ownership model is a game-changer. It forces me to write better code from the start.
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Tooling and CLI Excellence — Rust is amazing for building CLI tools. It’s fast, compiled, and easily distributable. This leads me to one of my recent projects...
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Performance without Anxiety — It’s performance without the garbage collector overhead. It's safe, and it's deterministic.
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Shifting to Systems Thinking — I’m moving away from just "building websites" to "building systems." Rust encourages you to think about how data moves, how memory is allocated, and how to architect for longevity.
What I've Built Recently
Despite the chaos, I’ve been shipping. I have to start applying for new roles, those who read our last post will understand.
Resume Builder AI
I needed a free, reliable way to build a professional resume for myself for my own job hunt. So, I built one. It’s simple, effective, and gets the job done.
Image CDN CLI
I asked a question on X that went a bit viral about image hosting, and the consensus led me here. It’s a CLI tool that uploads images to Cloudinary and gives you back the CDN URL instantly. Trying to prevent manual uploads. Just copy image path, run a command and get your CDN url.
Life’s been tough lately, but I'm ready to be hired into any team where I can build, automate, and ship. I don't talk too much—I just build things that work.
If you read my last post, you’ll know why I’m so focused right now.
Let's keep building.
