Tim McNamara

I coach senior software developers and tech founders.

Wellington, New Zealand Joined on Dec 9, 2017 tim@accelerant.dev https://accelerant.dev/

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Founder at accelerant.dev

Tim McNamara

Mar 31 '23

Two trie implementations in Rust (one's super fast)

#rust #datastructures #trie

2 min read

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Tim McNamara

Mar 19 '23

Create something beautiful this weekend! Write your first shader and put it on the web with WebGL

#webgl #glsl #html

5 min read

Tim McNamara

Oct 28 '22

Creating a priority queue with a custom sort order using a binary heap in Rust

#rust #datastructures

2 min read

Tim McNamara

Nov 9 '21

Principles of the 1x programmer

#1x #career #codenewbie #beginners

4 min read

Tim McNamara

Aug 12 '21

How type conversions work in Rust

#rust

3 min read

Tim McNamara

Aug 11 '21

My book on Rust is available on Amazon!

#rust

1 min read

Tim McNamara

Jul 27 '21

9 advantages of programming in Rust

#rust

2 min read

Tim McNamara

Jul 6 '21

Things I learned about creating a C API for my Rust crate by making every mistake about creating a C API

#rust #c #ffi

3 min read

Tim McNamara

Mar 6 '21

Calling a private Rust function from outside of its module

#rust #compilers

4 min read

Tim McNamara

Feb 26 '21

Docker for the late majority

#docker #devops #containers

3 min read

Tim McNamara

Jun 16 '20

Spend your novelty budget on Rust

#rust

1 min read

Tim McNamara

Nov 7 '19

Deadbeef? Just say no. Let's learn to build a small Rust app to find out what words can you spell with the letters A-F

#rust #tutorial #commandline #friendlycode

3 min read

Tim McNamara

Oct 31 '19

How computers can turn randomness into meaningful numbers

#computerscience #python

3 min read

Tim McNamara

Jul 7 '19

Shorter doesn't mean simpler (and other lessons about code complexity)

#softwareengineering #codequality #productivity #bookreview

2 min read

Tim McNamara

Jul 4 '19

Programming is tribal, find your people

#beginners #programming #rust #c

2 min read

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Two trie implementations in Rust (one's super fast)

Want to connect with Tim McNamara?

Create something beautiful this weekend! Write your first shader and put it on the web with WebGL

Creating a priority queue with a custom sort order using a binary heap in Rust

Principles of the 1x programmer

How type conversions work in Rust

My book on Rust is available on Amazon!

9 advantages of programming in Rust

Things I learned about creating a C API for my Rust crate by making every mistake about creating a C API

Calling a private Rust function from outside of its module

Docker for the late majority

Spend your novelty budget on Rust

Deadbeef? Just say no. Let's learn to build a small Rust app to find out what words can you spell with the letters A-F

How computers can turn randomness into meaningful numbers

Shorter doesn't mean simpler (and other lessons about code complexity)

Programming is tribal, find your people