Rust on akos.ma

Learning A New Programming Language per Year in the Age of AI

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200

People don’t really learn new programming languages every year anymore thanks to AI, so why do I stick with this activity? Call me old fashioned, but I still like to dive into a new programming language every year, no matter what, and thus here comes yet another update in my lifelong obsession to learn more and more programming languages.

Exploring Hugo Tags

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200

A few months ago I vibe coded with ChatGPT to create, in about 15 minutes, a small Rust application that reads all the tags of a Hugo site, and prints the list thereof.

Translating the Formula for Primes to Rust With AI

Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 +0200

After creating the C++ version of C. P. Willans’ formula for primes last week, I asked myself what other language is usually pitted as the fastest ever? And the answer, of course, is Rust.

Lister 2.0.0

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

I’ve talked about my Rust project “lister” for the first time in this blog around 2 years ago, when I explained how to generate PDF files from individual Hugo entries. In the meantime I’ve enhanced it quite a bit, and this article provides some information about the latest version.

Helix

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

I’ve tried the Helix editor and, to be honest, I’m split. I have three specific things to say, though.

Yup, Still Learning a New Programming Language Every Year

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100

I gave an update on this lifetime activity of mine in 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2013, and here we go for 2023.

What Objective-C 3.0 Could Have Been

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100

In a parallel universe, in a parallel WWDC 2014, instead of Swift, developers got Objective-C 3.0, and this is what it would have looked like. It’s the same parallel universe where Russia doesn’t annex Crimea, by the way.

Fortune Apps

Fri, 20 May 2022 00:00:00 +0200

As part of my work in VSHN, I lately prepared a set of demo applications ready to be containerized and deployed in our new product APPUiO Cloud.

Polyglot Conway

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0100

My personal project during the pandemic was Conway, a project providing implementations of Conway’s Game of Life in as many programming languages as possible.

More Rust Stuff

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0200

I keep learning about Rust and I have found really interesting bits all over the place. Here’s a rough compilation.