Allen Wyma talks with Matthias Endler, the creator of lychee, a stream-based link checker written in Rust that finds broken hyperlinks and mail addresses inside of HTML and Markdown documents as well as websites.
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Timestamps
[@00:00] - Meet Matthias: Rust consultant and creator of lychee
[@01:55] - Protocol support, valid links, and lychee features
[@14:51] - What inspired the creation of lychee
[@19:25] - Supporting open-source projects and advice for creators starting their own
[@32:17] - Staying on top of dependencies: why upgrading matters
[@47:45] - New features being added to lychee
Other links
RUSTAsia Conf 2025
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma
