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Implementing (part of) a BitTorrent client in Rust

Jon Gjengset · tutorial · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Jon Gjengset's roughly four-hour live stream implementing part of a BitTorrent client in Rust, following CodeCrafters' test-guided challenge. He builds from scratch and shows idiomatic error handling along the way.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a comprehensive walkthrough of the build-your-own-BitTorrent challenge and as an introduction to CodeCrafters.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
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What HN commenters said

  1. “Jon Gjengset did a comprehensive stream going through the Build your own BitTorrent challenge”

    Comprehensive stream going through the build-your-own BitTorrent challenge.

    sarupbanskota, 2023-11 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: I built a guided Build your own DNS Server challenge”

  2. “Take a watch of Jon Gjengset's vids on this”

    Gjengset's videos build a BitTorrent client via a CodeCrafters challenge.

    joshka, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: Rqbit – bittorent CLI and desktop app written in Rust”

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Topics: rust, bittorrent, live coding, codecrafters, networking

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