January 2022 Q&A

Also available on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/7Qkc18qJFvo. Questions and answers session from January, 2022. Timestamps [@0:00:00] Introduction [@0:01:40] Image video quality [@0:02:14] Audio/video sync [@0:04:02] What do you do at AWS? [@0:06:40] Future of the borrow checker [@0:07:54] What’s your microphone? [@0:08:52] Hiring Rust engineers [@0:10:27] Rust in web3 [@0:12:34] What don’t you know in Rust? [@0:15:03] Named parameters in Rust [@0:15:55] Overcoming learning anxiety [@0:19:07] Has your desktop/editor setup changed? [@0:20:28] How are you holding up? [@0:23:01] Do you work remotely for AWS? [@0:24:27] Rust for Rustaceans Kindle issues [@0:26:17] Is a Masters/PhD “worth it”? [@0:31:32] Is the programmer job market saturating? [@0:33:13] Do you believe in God? [@0:33:44] Zig [@0:34:32] What OS(es) do you use? [@0:35:47] Advice for 1st year PhDs? [@0:36:58] University of Oslo [@0:39:47] Rust compile times [@0:41:54] Can you write an OS in Rust? [@0:42:16] Coolest public AWS Rust project [@0:42:51] Rust for data science [@0:43:52] Being far from parents/family [@0:44:47] Moving back to Norway [@0:45:58] More regular streams [@0:49:37] What do you look for in a job? [@0:52:26] Finding a problem in WASM [@0:53:21] Should I start a Rust YT channel? [@0:57:57] Origins of the universe [@1:02:50] People re-teaching your content [@1:04:39] What inspired Noria? [@1:06:36] Video Games in Rust [@1:08:05] Would you live forever? [@1:08:47] What is Noria? [@1:09:44] Rust GUI support [@1:10:49] Ownership in game programming [@1:11:52] Have you met anyone from core? [@1:12:56] Goal for the coming year [@1:14:37] Rust in Linux [@1:15:20] Show us the cat (no cat) [@1:16:31] What books are you reading? [@1:20:29] What is your salary? [@1:21:24] What’s your 2nd favorite color? [@1:21:59] Travel bucket list [@1:25:17] Do you miss dependent types? [@1:27:47] How old are you? [@1:29:32] Advice on teaching [@1:31:22] Fav. restaurant(s) in LA [@1:33:05] GiveDirectly [@1:34:45] What made you go to grad school? [@1:36:39] Where can I get your book? [@1:37:20] Why did you go to the US? [@1:38:09] What music do you listen to? [@1:40:17] First large Rust program [@1:41:17] My Spotify playlists [@1:42:56] Will you write another book soon? [@1:45:33] Anything your book is missing? [@1:46:49] Show us the book! [@1:48:47] When will Rust be The One Language? [@1:50:05] How’s Chai (my cat)? [@1:50:34] Expected Rust background for streams [@1:51:21] Will Rust remain popular? [@1:52:02] When is Rust “general purpose”? [@1:53:30] Noria in production [@1:54:12] Your workout routine [@1:55:19] What happened this summer? [@2:00:49] Can I sponsor you? [@2:01:22] You working with Niko and Felix? [@2:01:56] Where did you go in Germany? [@2:02:50] Amazon wishlist [@2:04:22] Do you binge shows? [@2:04:33] Signed book copies [@2:05:26] Coffee or tea? [@2:05:35] How can you do long streams? [@2:05:59] Football (soccer) [@2:06:49] Blood on the Clocktower [@2:07:23] What’s your chair? [@2:07:47] Outro