Allen Wyma talks with Sam Van Overmeire about Write Powerful Rust Macros, a book about writing macros within your Rust apps. Manning discount code: podrustacean24
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Timestamps
[@00:00] - Meet Sam Van Overmeire, developer & cloud consultant, author of Write Powerful Rust Macros
[@09:00] - Why he chose to write about macros and the process of writing the book
[@13:19] - Types of macros and book content
[@19:38] - Macro security and more details about the book
[@27:56] - Most interesting macros
[@30:32] - When to write a macro and when not to
[@36:59] - Manning Publishing and other Rust books
[@41:51] - Closing discussion
Other links
https://www.newline.co/fullstack-rust — one of the books with the most extensive info on macros
Jetbrains has an interesting series of blog posts about macros, useful for beginners
proc-macro workshop by David Tolnay, implemented in some great videos by Jon Gjengset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geovSK3wMB8
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma
