Trying to track when you last completed a long-dated task can be challenging. Writing them on a calendar makes for difficult searching. Heavy apps are overkill. So what’s a person to do? A simple soltution - use NFC tags which are pre-loaded with custom JSON, drop a little golang server, and Docker persistance with MySQL, along with a Grafana UI to easily manage tracking of tasks.
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So you want to get into rust? Sure, why not. Let’s do it.
Assuming you’re on a Mac, let’s get rust up and running so you’re ready to rip into learning the language. We’ll use rustup to install rust. This is the best way to manage your rust environment and toolchain. Not only can you manage toolchains using rustup, but also add-in components to make the experience a lot more enjoyable. More on that later. Not only will rustup install rust for you, but it will also be useful for maintaining the latest versions of rust. Rust has several toolchains, and using rustup will make maintaining them a whole lot easier.
