1. It works
2. It works correctly
3. It’s fast

easy building

cargo build

be wary of -sys crates

Simple packaging

Everyone can release a new version

Packaging is done automatically

Generate cross-platform binaries on CI

Good logging

logging is like println debugging where you already have the printlns

• API surface as small as possible
• include examples
• cf. rust-lang-nursery.github.io/api-guidelines
• cf. deterministic.space/elegant-apis-in-rust.html
• include more examples

Modules

…are just crates that haven’t been extracted yet

Name concepts

You will forget all the hidden/indirect concepts

It’s very hard to even notice them when writing the code

Don’t overdo it

Trying not to be too clever and abstract away too much

A half-finished refactoring from three years ago is more confusing than helpful

Write commit messages that tell me the intent of your change

Any questions?

I am Pascal

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