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Rust: First Steps

Meeting Rust through one small program: a terminal todo list written without a single dependency. Two parts — the language and the traps in the first, the file, the errors and the tests in the second.

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  1. Sep 21, 2026 26 min read Rust: First Steps. The Todo That Forgets Everything Install the toolchain, make a first project, and write a terminal todo list with zero dependencies. Along the way: ownership, the borrow checker and usize overflow, every one of them with the compiler's real output.