This worked for me after several failed attempts at learning Clojure in the pre-LLM era, when I had to spend ten minutes googling for things for every minute of actual coding. It's a fantastic way to quickly get a hold of the most common library functions and patterns.
And for those who say that LLMs aren't perfect or can't be trusted: who cares. At this stage just focus on being able to stand on your own, only then work on perfecting the craft.
Lastly I recommend reading Programming Rust. It is long but extremely thorough! You’ll understand the language at a deep level. Good luck and have fun!
After that, every problem is a nail.
I ended up making a CLI tool to generate seed phrases for bitcoin wallets. This helped me learn concepts way faster. I did use Claude a lot for help but that’s part of how I learn right now.
That said I’m planning to rely less and less on LLMs as I get more comfortable with the language and I think if you’re already familiar with another language this approach might work well for you too.
dcminter•7mo ago
dcminter•7mo ago
I think Amos's title here is a little tongue-in-cheek by the way - it's more like a half-hour to skim through it, but with this at hand you'll be in a much better place to start writing some toy rust programs before you dive into more in-depth books like "The Rust Programming Language".
I currently have (and like) that and the O'Reilly book "Programming Rust", and found them sufficient for initial exploration. I'm now trying to internalise the contents of "Effective Rust" (also O'Reilly) and "Rust for Rustaceans" from Free Starch Press - the latter of which I would say is the most advanced of these.
There's still plenty I don't understand, but that's more about the minimal amount of time I've spent dabbling rather than any deficiency in these resources (so far as a dabbler can tell).