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Tim McNamara

@timClicks@mastodon.nz
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Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture.

I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

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Joined November 04, 2022
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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Apr 11, 2026
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

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Mythos is a big deal because of its second-order effects.

If it only cost $10b to train a cyber weapon that can easily penetrate all heavily-used operating systems, I expect that the information security industry will encounter many private variants within 24 months.

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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Mar 19, 2026
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

mastodon.nz

Hello, Internet. Sorry that I haven't been here for a while. It turns out that burnout can get as bad as they say. How are you doing?

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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Jan 11, 2026
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

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Replying to @matthewhowell@indieweb.social
@matthewhowell :/
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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Dec 16, 2025
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

mastodon.nz

Do you have any examples of instructional tech videos that you really like?

I'm looking it at increasing the quality of mine and would love to know examples of formats that work well.

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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Dec 10, 2025
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

mastodon.nz

Not all safe Rust code is equally safe.

Here's what that means and why I argue that Rust has a spectrum of safety rather than one that's binary as indicated by the unsafe keyword.

Notes from "Pointer Poker" and more: Levels of safety beyond the safe/unsafe dichotomy https://www.patreon.com/posts/145552268

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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Dec 08, 2025
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

mastodon.nz

@stuartyeates@cloudisland.nz A TeX to code compiler would be kind of interesting.

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stuart yeates (@stuartyeates@cloudisland.nz) - Cloud Island

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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Nov 22, 2025
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

mastodon.nz
Replying to @shanselman@hachyderm.io
@shanselman@hachyderm.io oof.
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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Nov 19, 2025
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

mastodon.nz
Replying to @Mara@hachyderm.io
@Mara@hachyderm.io Quite a good suggestion. It makes panicking an intentional outcome rather than an accidental one. FWIW I don't know if many people liked unwrap(), but they really didn't like Aaron Turon's suggestion of assert()
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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Nov 10, 2025
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

mastodon.nz

It's very Millennial of me to say so, but the original Internet was better.

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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Dec 31, 2023
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

mastodon.nz
Replying to @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz Ouch! Am glad that it wasn't too serious. Events like that can be quite scary.
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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Dec 31, 2023
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

mastodon.nz

An occasional reminder that cycling isn't dangerous, it's motor vehicles which are dangerous ✌️🚲

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Tim McNamara @timClicks@mastodon.nz · Mar 24, 2023
Tim McNamara
@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture. I'm on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.

mastodon.nz

Why Rust for serverless/cloud native apps? Choose 9/9:

- Cost efficiency
- Low latency
- Memory efficiency
- Memory safety
- Environmental sustainability
- Fewer runtime errors
- Easy deployments
- Developer happiness
- Customer happiness

#rust #rustlang #serverless #cloudnative

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