Rust for Vibe Coders 🦀
Rust for Vibe Coders 🦀 **The vibe:** Rust is that overly cautious friend who won't let you leave the house without checking *everything* — but because of them, you never get into accidents. --- ### The Big Thing: The Borrow Checker In most languages you just... use variables. In Rust, the compiler is basically your mom: ```rust let name = String::from("Chad"); let also_name = name; // name is now GONE. moved. println!("{}", name); // 💥 COMPILER FREAKS OUT ``` Rust has this concept of **ownership** — only *one thing* can own a piece of data at a time. You can't just pass stuff around carelessly. You have to either: - **Move** it (original is gone) - **Clone** it (make a copy) - **Borrow** it (like lending your hoodie — they give it back) ```rust let name = String::from("Chad"); let also_name = &name; // borrowing, not taking println!("{}", name); // ✅ still works! ``` --- ### Why Does This Exist? Because in C/C++, you can accidentall...