What can we do when designing Rust code to make it easier to test? (more…)

Hotreloading allows one to change the behavior of a program while it is running. Unlike a plugin system it is strictly a dev tool. Usually rust game devs limit their hotreloading to data files. This is pretty useful already! It lets one reload graphic as... (more…)

Thanks again to Open Source Security, inc and Embecosm for their ongoing support for this project. (more…)

After reading The Rust Programming Language book and falling in love with the language, I was on the lookout for my first Rust project. In the “old hardware projects” box, I had a HiFive1 board with SiFive FE310 RISC-V microcontroller, and Velleman’s Ardu... (more…)

To write a fast port scanner, a programming language requires: A Good I/O model, not to eat all the resources of the system. High-level abstractions and a good packaging system to isolate low-level code and reuse it easily. To be type and memory safe, be... (more…)