In programming, an enumerated type is a type that consists of a set of values. This basically makes them a union. Many programming languages thus provide something like enums for developers to use. In many of these languages, enums are only a type alias over an integer or a string. …

All software has to write data to the file system at some point. This is also true for programs written in Rust. Log messages need to be persisted (as long as they are not just written to stdout), and data needs to be saved for later, or else. Naturally, writing…

Reading files is one of the most common operations you can come across in software development. Loading configuration files, processing files, and more are often part of the use case of the software you build. Like in any other programming language, there are multiple ways how to read files in…

Effectively make even proprietary Rust crates work at your company — Cargo is an incredible package manager for Rust. It only takes a *.toml file, and a few entries, and Cargo handles everything from downloading your packages to compiling your binary. Additionally, unlike other package managers, you don’t need any artifact repository to upload your libraries or artifacts to. …

Leverage the axum web framework — This guide will teach you how to build a powerful GraphQL API with Rust. You will use Rust and a few well-known libraries to create an HTTP server, add GraphQL support, and even implement a small API. …

Computer science fundamentals are the foundation of any software developer’s job. Starting with how a computer works, over logic, maths, algorithms, and data structures, and ending with networking and I/O. Any developer should at least have basic knowledge about these fundamentals. …

GitHub hosts more than 200,000,000 repositories, but only a fraction of them are valuable resources for specific niches. Next to many repositories with learning projects, open source software, and collections of ideas, you sometimes find a few gems. …

Interviews are never easy. We often feel like beggars hoping to get a well-paid job. Although this is actually not the reality, especially for tech workers, interviews stress our nerves, make us sweat, and we usually don’t feel well doing them. We are constantly graded and evaluated, classified, and then…

“What’s your greatest weakness?” Have you ever been asked this question in an interview and were like, “Yea, uhm, well…I sometimes want to achieve too much?” This question is tricky, but here is how you can crush it. Foreword I’ve interviewed quite a few times in the last few years, and…