Rust Bytes : Issue 4

Today’s Highlights: State Machine Implementation in Rust, Top Downloaded Crates, and Rust Job Opportunities

Hello Rustacean! Welcome to another edition of the Rust Bytes newsletter. In this issue, we showcase some remarkable Rust projects, share exciting opportunities for Rustaceans, and feature high-quality articles.

Welcome to Issue 4!

Rust Pun

I asked a Rust developer for a joke, but they said it was ‘unsafe’ for public consumption

Pieces

• Abhijit Roy authored a comprehensive three-part series on constructing state machines in Rust. You can find the series here: https://medium.com/rustaceans/build-state-machine-using-rust-part-3-runtime-3629d282895b
• Sylvain Kerkour, the author of Black Hat Rust book, has penned a guide on the simplest approach to error handling in Rust. Check out the guide at: https://kerkour.com/rust-error-handling.
• Mara Bos, a core contributor to Rust, offers valuable insights into the complexities of Rust’s string formatting through the use of format_args!(). Check the guide further at https://blog.m-ou.se/format-args/

Top Downloaded Crates

Here are some of the most downloaded Rust crates as of January 7th, 2024.

• Syn: Syn is a parsing library for parsing a stream of Rust tokens into a syntax tree of Rust source code.
• proc-macro2: A substitute implementation of the compiler’s proc_macro API to decouple token-based libraries from the procedural macro use case.
• quote: This crate provides the quote! macro for turning Rust syntax tree data structures into tokens of source code.

Rust Jobs

Rust is constantly growing, and here are some job opportunities you might want to keep your eye on:

• Arkeus is hiring a partially remote Senior Software Engineer based in Port Melbourne, Australia, offering $150K — $180K AUD. To apply, send your resume to arkeus@rustjobs.dev. Explore more about the role here.
• Freeform is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in Rust for its software-defined, autonomous metal 3D printing factories. The role, based in Los Angeles, CA, offers a wide salary range of $140,000-$250,000. Apply for this exciting opportunity here.
• Arkeus is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its partially remote role based in Port Melbourne, Australia, offering a salary range of $150,000-$180,000 AUD. Apply by sending your resume to arkeus@rustjobs.dev or check more about the job here.

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