There’s a lot of tribal knowledge surrounding
#[inline]attribute in Rust. I often find myself teaching how it works, so I finally decided to write this down.Caveat Emptor: this is what I know, not necessary what is true. Additionally, exact semantics of
#[inline]is not set in stone and may change in future Rust versions.
Source: Inline In Rust, an article by Aleksey Kladov.
Refactoring is like surgery.
That’s not to say that clean refactors save lives. But messy refactors definitely hurt.
A surgeon is economical with their cuts, and refactoring requires the same mindset.
Source: Surgical Refactors, an article by Cameron Hashemi.
When I write about programming, I spend a lot of time trying to come up with good examples. I haven’t seen a lot written about how to make examples, so here’s a little bit about my approach to writing examples!
The basic idea here is to start with real code that you wrote and then remove irrelevant details to make it into a self-contained example instead of coming up with examples out of thin air.
I’ll talk about two kinds of examples: realistic examples and suprising examples.
Source: Write good examples by starting with real code, an article by Julia Evans.
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.
In the evening we watched The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. I liked the movie and give it a 7.5 out of 10.