November 2024

A checksum is often used over something like an MD5 hash for speed and simplicity when you only need to quickly verify data integrity or detect errors.

November 6, 2024 / Last updated : November 7, 2024 admin Rust Programming

Checksum Calculator in Rust

A checksum is often used over something like an MD5 hash for speed and simplicity when you only need to quickly verify data integrity or detect errors. Just for some practice let’s guess (brute force) a checksum, we’ll provide the checksum and then work out what data would produce the checksum : Note the use […]

November 3, 2024 / Last updated : November 4, 2024 admin Rust Programming

Rust – Trait Object – Dynamic Dispatch Example

Let’s consider a more real-world example. Imagine you have a system that represents different types of data sources, like Database and File, each implementing a DataSource trait. The DataSource trait has a method get_backup_source that returns a backup data source as a trait object. This could be useful if your application needs to switch to […]