Post #3650214
2026-07-07 13:57 UTC
Replies (5)
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@JackbyDev@programming.dev 2026-07-07 20:34
I’m not sure if your comment means you’re rusty (heh) or a novice who hasn’t tried programming in a while, so I’m sorry if this comes across as condescending. The best advice I try to give everyone is to chase the fun. That advice applies both to people learning and hobbyists doing stuff. I see a lot of folks argue about what’s the best way to begin or where the best place to begin is. There’s no best way. Everything builds into each other. You become a better programmer regardless of what language you choose. Rust was fun! I fiddled with it a bit a few years ago. The only real frustration I had was that it complained a lot about half correct programs. Like in other languages I may have just been able to put some bad code or something in some place I didn’t really care about and wasn’t focusing on, but Rust is very strict. It’s been long enough now that I forget exactly what specifically bothered me. It could have just as easily been that it was because I didn’t know it well so the compiler was just the messenger of that lol. Other languages could have just blown up at runtime.
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@nightlily@leminal.space 2026-07-07 22:08
Rust takes a lot of getting used to if you’re more familiar with C-derived languages but it’s very cool. I’d recommend something small and not needing asynchronous code to begin with (async Rust is… hairy)
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@jjj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-07-07 23:33
I recommend you and everyone start here: doc.rust-lang.org/book/ (there’s even an interactive version with quizzes, etc)
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@AeonFelis@lemmy.world 2026-07-08 00:22
(Lack of any idea to program more than anything tbh) Make a launcher. Apparently they are all the rage nowadays.
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@calcopiritus@lemmy.world 2026-07-08 03:21
If you want an idea: just yesterday libre office writer crashed on me like 7 times. Losing all unsaved progress each time. If someone competent wrote a good OSS alternative I would download it in a heartbeat.