It's a contentious time to be a software engineer. Some of us really love agentic coding, others hate it with passion. Some say it makes them super-productive, for others it's just useless slop. Little over a year ago, I thought agentic coding was just a fad, I was even annoyed b…

We like step-by-step learning. I have been using and learning GStreamer multimedia framework for the last +5 years, during this time I have also sent back some contributions. My first contribution was the implementation of the Rust version of the HLS sink element in 2021 (hlssink…

You know those moments right before falling asleep when your mind wanders and suddenly you get an idea you just have to try out? That's exactly what happened to me last night. Living in Amsterdam as a non-Dutch speaker, I've struggled to keep up with local news and understand the…

When writing code in any programming language, choosing the appropriate constructs is crucial for creating readable and maintainable code, and in Rust is no different. In this post, I will discuss a specific dilemma I find myself thinking often about: deciding between using combi…

A few days ago I had to deflate some compressed content using Rust. I quickly found the flate2 crate, it is well maintained and has a very high usage. I decided it would be a great fit for my little project, a CLI tool to download, decompress, and store in a local SQLite3 some co…