Jon Gjengset

Most-linked posts?

1. Students' Guide to Raft
   3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-03-16
2. The Story of a Rust Bug
   3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-05-11
3. Online streaming sites and URL obfuscation
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-08-31
4. Captioning all my YouTube videos with AI
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-13
5. /
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-06
6. Choosing a Programming Language
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-06-06
7. Smashing the Stack in the 21st Century
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-02-01
8. Path to Rust – A practical introduction
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-05-25
9. Livestream tips
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-05-25

What Hacker News says?

1. gsjbjt · 2020-04-05Recommends

   Implementing it is the fun part! You might like going through the Raft lab in MIT's distributed systems course: https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.824/labs/lab-raft.html + Jon Gjengset's writeup on some of the "gotcha"s: https://thesquareplanet.com/blog/students-guide-to-raft/

   Comment linking /blog/students-guide-to-raft/

   on “Ask HN: What are you learning?”
2. adamnemecek · 2016-05-26

   Submitted The Path to Rust as a story · 296 points

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3. sitkack · 2025-04-10

   If you know all of your queries ahead of time, then compiling them efficiently has already been shown to be effective. Noria https://github.com/mit-pdos/noria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVv9Pik6QGY https://thesquareplanet.com/research/ Materialize/TimelyDataflow https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=YYJ3aycAAAAJ...

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   on “SpacetimeDB”
4. Jonhoo · 2017-05-11

   Submitted The Story of a Rust Bug as a story · 140 points

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5. harikb · 2020-06-06Recommends

   Anecdotal - One of favorite YouTube live-streaming personalities, Jon Gjengset[1] is a Ph.D student at MIT CSAIL. His talks are very detailed[4] and captivating[3] [1] https://thesquareplanet.com/ Talks [2] https://youtu.be/s19G6n0UjsM [3] https://youtu.be/DnT-LUQgc7s Rust Details(my favorites) [4] https://youtu.be/rAl-9HwD858

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   on “There’s plenty of room at the Top: computer performance after Moore’s law”
6. sargas · 2016-06-01

   Submitted Path to Rust – A practical introduction as a story · 136 points

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7. pjmlp · 2023-12-18

   Go has had to rollback on that decision. Rust while much safer, also needs care if any crate makes use of unsafe, even in pure Rust. https://thesquareplanet.com/blog/the-story-of-a-rust-bug/ Yes it is in the libc bindings, but the logic error is on Rust side.

   Comment linking /blog/the-story-of-a-rust-bug/

   on “Wasm3 entering a minimal maintenance phase”
8. Jonhoo · 2015-08-31

   Submitted Online streaming sites and URL obfuscation as a story · 67 points

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9. mr-karan · 2023-10-19

   Jon Gjengset[1] is currently doing a livestream on the same challenge in Rust, on his YT channel[2]. [1]: https://thesquareplanet.com/ [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSTkEPPiULs

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   on “Build Your Own BitTorrent”
10. Jonhoo · 2015-10-12

    Submitted How the Internet works as a story · 45 points

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11. stonecharioteer · 2020-07-18Recommends

    https://thesquareplanet.com/blog/livestream-tips/ this is great resource.

    Comment linking /blog/livestream-tips/

    on “Ask HN: Can you recommed tools to make online courses?”
12. Jonhoo · 2016-03-16

    Submitted Instructors' Guide to Raft as a story · 25 points

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13. Jonhoo · 2016-05-25

    Submitted The Path to Rust as a story · 13 points

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14. brson · 2017-05-11

    Submitted The Story of a Rust Bug as a story · 7 points

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15. Jonhoo · 2016-03-16

    Submitted Students' Guide to Raft as a story · 7 points

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16. Jonhoo · 2024-01-13

    Submitted Captioning all my YouTube videos with AI as a story · 5 points

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17. bluu00 · 2020-09-03

    Submitted Why don't people ask questions? as a story · 5 points

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18. Jonhoo · 2019-02-01

    Submitted Smashing the Stack in the 21st Century as a story · 4 points

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19. Jonhoo · 2016-06-06

    Submitted Choosing a Programming Language as a story · 4 points

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20. tylrbrkr · 2024-12-22

    Submitted About 40 Hours as a story · 3 points

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21. martinlaz · 2020-05-25

    Submitted Livestream tips as a story · 3 points

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22. sacrosanct · 2024-01-14

    Submitted Captioning all my YouTube videos with AI as a story · 2 points

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23. Jonhoo · 2019-07-10

    Submitted My First Podcast: A Tale of a Broken Ecosystem as a story · 2 points

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24. Jonhoo · 2015-08-31

    Submitted Online streaming sites and URL obfuscation as a story · 2 points

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25. ibobev · 2026-04-10

    Submitted Choosing a Programming Language (2016) as a story · 1 points

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26. barishnamazov · 2026-02-05

    Submitted Smashing the Stack in the 21st Century as a story · 1 points

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27. ingve · 2024-09-06

    Submitted Writing about People, to People as a story · 1 points

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28. martinhath · 2023-10-29

    Submitted Eisenhower Vectors as a story · 1 points

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29. some_test_user · 2020-10-05

    Submitted Students' Guide to Raft as a story · 1 points

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30. Jonhoo · 2016-10-21

    Submitted Rust tips and tricks for newcomers as a story · 1 points

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