A few months back I had an email exchange with Drew Capener, from filtra.io, who is interviewing professionals involved in the Rust community. We ended up having a nice chat, which he transcribed and posted online under the title “Contributing to Rust as a novice”. It even triggered some discussion on Hacker News! What did we talk about? The adventure of contributing to Rust in 2014 as a beginner to programming, the crucial role of friendly maintainers, and the challenges involved in work...
