So this first version, (helped by Claude) persistently did the build but failed to do the release….. Then, after some more experimentation: This complete workflow solution: Key changes I made: This approach eliminates the need to manually create tags. Now every push to your main branch will automatically create a new release with all your […]

Let’s look at some idiomatic Rust code, and see if we can explain what it’s doing and why! .iter().cloned().collect() often pops up when converting simple arrays into more complex collections like HashMap. Why Use This? This approach shines when initializing complex data structures while keeping your code concise. It’s also flexible—start with a small array, […]

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 […]

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In Rust as_ref() and its mutable counterpart as_mut() are commonly used with Option and Result types in Rust. These methods are used to obtain references to the values contained within these types without taking ownership of the values

In Rust, the Factory Method is a design pattern that allows you to create objects without specifying the exact class of object that will be created. It defines an interface (or a trait in Rust) for creating objects, but the specific implementation of the object creation is left to the subclasses. This pattern promotes loose […]