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Episode 2 – Hyper with Sean McArthur.

You can find a remastered version of this episode as episode 29 (https://netstack.fm/#episode-29) for an improved listening experience with better audio quality. Released on the 3rd of March 2026. Please listen to that episode instead of this one.

In this episode, Glen interviews Sean McArthur, the creator and maintainer of the Hyper ecosystem. They discuss Sean's journey in software engineering, the evolution of Rust and asynchronous programming, and the growth of Hyper from its inception at Mozilla to its current status in the web development landscape. Sean shares insights on the creation of hyper, hyper-util, http, headers, the Warp framework, and the challenges of integrating HTTP/3 and QUIC. The conversation also touches on collaboration with cURL, the FFI layer, and Sean's aspirations for the future of Hyper and the broader ecosystem.

Learn more about Sean McArthur, Hyper and Warp:

• https://seanmonstar.com/
• https://seanmonstar.com/sponsor/
• https://hyper.rs/
• https://seanmonstar.com/blog/async-hyper/
• https://github.com/hyperium/hyper
• https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp
• https://seanmonstar.com/blog/warp/

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Chapters

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:45 Introduction to Sean and the Hyper Ecosystem
• 01:48 Sean's entrance into Rust
• 06:17 The Impact of Mozilla on Sean's Career
• 07:54 The Development of Hyper and Its Challenges
• 13:20 Realizing Hyper's Long-Term Potential
• 15:32 The Creation of hyper-util and Its purpose
• 17:32 http and headers crates
• 22:40 Navigating API Design Challenges
• 22:47 The Philosophy Behind Warp Framework
• 26:43 Integrating HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 Support
• 28:54 The Evolution of the Requests Library
• 30:17 Commercial Aspects of Hyper
• 31:31 The Complexities of HTTP/3 Integration
• 34:35 Reflections on the cURL and Hyper Collaboration
• 38:50 Maintaining Open Source Independence
• 40:16 Future Aspirations for Hyper
• 41:23 Encouraging Community Engagement in Open Source
• 42:28 Final words
• 43:57 Outro

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Music for this episode was composed by Dj Mailbox. Listen to his music at https://on.soundcloud.com/4MRyPSNj8FZoVGpytj.