https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/tags/rust/ Recent content in Rust on Nikhil's blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:26:52 -0700 https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/post/2016/container-fundamentals/ Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:26:52 -0700 https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/post/2016/container-fundamentals/ At my current job, I spend a lot of time coaxing Docker to run containers while trying to avoid network failures, Docker bugs and kernel reference count issues. Recently, I’ve gotten into reading about how Docker and other containerization software is implemented under the hood. This is a write-up of my exploration and experiments looking at how container runtimes are implemented. Nothing in this essay is original, but I hope it helps some people. https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/post/2016/writing-simple-database-in-rust-part-1/ Fri, 01 Jan 2016 10:45:00 +0000 https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/post/2016/writing-simple-database-in-rust-part-1/ A Simple and Efficient Implementation for Small Databases is an old paper that I've wanted to implement for a long time. It describes a simple application that embodies a lot of "systems" knowledge at the same time: Using the filesystem as a persistence and synchronization mechanism.Using a write-ahead log as a source of truth.Creating crash tolerant (or crash-only) systems.While ideally you'd want to write this in C or C++, mucking around with strings and files isn't a very pleasant experience unless you are willing to pull in some third party libraries.