Breaking news! Here’s a blog post about async Rust, and it’s not a philosophical debate1! Today we’re going down the rabbit hole of download accelerators, though of course that’s just an excuse to explore a living async Rust program. After all, I spent last 12 months writing quite some async code, so I thought I’d give back and share a taste of its exotic flavor. If you have been reluctant to try async because of a negative sentiment on the internet, I hope this post may trigger you...