Andrew Lilley Brinker — RustPosts about Rusthttps://www.alilleybrinker.com/Rust's Culture of Semantic Precisionhttps://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/rusts-culture-of-semantic-precision/https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/rusts-culture-of-semantic-precision/Explaining how Rust's culture of semantic precision pays dividends for system robustness while complicating adoption in projects like Linux.Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe Best Monad Tutorial Ever Writtenhttps://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/the-best-monad-tutorial/https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/the-best-monad-tutorial/Rain Paharia has done it, they've explained monads with real, practical examples.Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMTSafety Hygienehttps://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/safety-hygiene/https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/safety-hygiene/Explaining how to properly contain and document unsafe code to make it maintainable over time.Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMTRenegotiating Chttps://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/renegotiating-c/https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/renegotiating-c/Expressing empathy for C programmers as they grapple with fear and uncertainty amid the rise of Rust.Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT“Implementation Selection” in Rusthttps://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/implementation-selection/https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/implementation-selection/Exploring options for selecting branching paths in Rust code at compile time and runtime.Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMTTechnostructuralismhttps://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/technostructuralism/https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/technostructuralism/The systems we build are manifestations of our politics, so what is the philosophy of Rust?Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:00:00 GMTMonomorphization Bloathttps://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/monomorphization-bloat/https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/monomorphization-bloat/Rust generics can trade off binary size for expressiveness. Learning to identify when the trade off isn't worth it is a valuable skill.Sat, 03 Dec 2016 12:00:00 GMTString Types in Rusthttps://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/string-types-in-rust/https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/string-types-in-rust/Rust has many pairs of string types, each with a distinct purpose. Understanding them helps you understand Rust itself.Sun, 27 Mar 2016 12:00:00 GMT