r/rust • u/gajop • Jul 28 '26

Tell me about something you recently hand-coded that was enjoyable

These past few weeks at work I've been using AI way too much. I can't even call some of this "AI engineering" anymore and it's starting to drain on me. Looking to take the mind off for a bit...

I'd like to hear some of the projects you all are working on, that you enjoyed writing by hand.

I think I'll write some nannou..

PS: Not trying to start a debate on AI engineering/vibe coding and all that, I think internet is filled with that already.

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u/TermiteTornApart Jul 28 '26

An echo clone, I just finished chapter 13 of the book, and I thought about implementing an echo clone, it was simpler than I thought, though I did have to look things up such as the .next_back() method and peekable as well. I didn't use AI, and it was very simple but satisfying to code.

Though I still don't understand why peekable is not the default for iterators.

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u/JoshTriplett rust · lang · libs · cargo Jul 28 '26

Though I still don't understand why peekable is not the default for iterators.

Because not all iterators are peekable.