Rust in Practice
Writing software is a craft. I’ve been writing software code for a long time, and currently I write a lot of Rust. These posts are about writing it well in the context I actually work in, which is data-intensive and scientific software. Error handling, tracing and observability, serialisation, and using the type system to encode things that matter. I try to demystify the language and show how to use it to write software that is reliable, maintainable, and easy to understand.
Error Handling in Rust: anyhow and thiserror
Practical Rust error handling beyond the basics: add context with anyhow and define typed errors with thiserror.
Error Handling in Rust: Fundamentals
A clear, practical guide to Rust error handling: panic, Result, ?, unwrap, and expect - written for Rust developers who want clarity without jargon.
Finding Similarity with Vector Search: A Beginner's Guide
This blog comes out of an interactive workshop I gave using SurrealDB. It's a beginner's guide to vector search, a modern way to find matches based on multiple preferences at once.