January 01, 2026

January 2026 Q&A

2 hours 48 minutes

Also available as a video on YouTube.

Questions and answers session from January, 2026.

Timestamps

[@0:00:00] Introduction

[@0:01:44] Marriage and kids plans

[@0:03:26] Have you tried Helix editor?

[@0:06:10] Interview questions for Rust developers

[@0:13:19] How did you and your girlfriend meet?

[@0:15:31] Claude Code usage at Helsing

[@0:22:29] Thoughts on Mojo

[@0:26:47] Learning Rust to get a 100k job

[@0:34:40] Writing a new version of your book

[@0:41:47] How do Rust developers get girls?

[@0:45:50] Application-wide error handling patterns

[@0:54:03] Getting a Rust job as a graduate

[@0:54:38] Recommended Rust streamers

[@0:57:42] Advice for early career

[@0:57:55] Interesting companies to work at

[@1:14:11] Will AI widen or narrow the expert-novice gap?

[@1:25:27] One billion row challenge: is Java really the winner?

[@1:28:16] Are you WASM yet?

[@1:28:36] Crust of Rust on self-borrowing and Ouroboros

[@1:30:41] NixOS and its effect on your workflow

[@1:35:02] Interview approach for assessing candidates with LLMs

[@1:39:49] Breaking changes worth making in Rust

[@1:47:47] Improving as an intermediate Rust developer

[@2:02:54] Testing critical software (flight systems)

[@2:09:33] Generalist vs specialist

[@2:13:05] Why care about high salary in Norway?

[@2:16:49] Prep for Impl Rust videos

[@2:18:58] Job security with the rise of AI

[@2:27:20] Rust 4 Linux

[@2:29:45] Quick-fire answers

In the quick-fire round, we covered measuring growth as engineer,

thoughts on Zig, Rust job market for juniors, the Rust community, how

2025 was, the next-gen trait solver, tech to learn in 2026, ML and Rust,

monorepos and CI, missing Rust features, Dioxus, reflection in Rust, Zig

leaving GitHub, and favorite CS books.

...more

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By Jon Gjengset

January 01, 2026

January 2026 Q&A

2 hours 48 minutes

Also available as a video on YouTube.

Questions and answers session from January, 2026.

Timestamps

[@0:00:00] Introduction

[@0:01:44] Marriage and kids plans

[@0:03:26] Have you tried Helix editor?

[@0:06:10] Interview questions for Rust developers

[@0:13:19] How did you and your girlfriend meet?

[@0:15:31] Claude Code usage at Helsing

[@0:22:29] Thoughts on Mojo

[@0:26:47] Learning Rust to get a 100k job

[@0:34:40] Writing a new version of your book

[@0:41:47] How do Rust developers get girls?

[@0:45:50] Application-wide error handling patterns

[@0:54:03] Getting a Rust job as a graduate

[@0:54:38] Recommended Rust streamers

[@0:57:42] Advice for early career

[@0:57:55] Interesting companies to work at

[@1:14:11] Will AI widen or narrow the expert-novice gap?

[@1:25:27] One billion row challenge: is Java really the winner?

[@1:28:16] Are you WASM yet?

[@1:28:36] Crust of Rust on self-borrowing and Ouroboros

[@1:30:41] NixOS and its effect on your workflow

[@1:35:02] Interview approach for assessing candidates with LLMs

[@1:39:49] Breaking changes worth making in Rust

[@1:47:47] Improving as an intermediate Rust developer

[@2:02:54] Testing critical software (flight systems)

[@2:09:33] Generalist vs specialist

[@2:13:05] Why care about high salary in Norway?

[@2:16:49] Prep for Impl Rust videos

[@2:18:58] Job security with the rise of AI

[@2:27:20] Rust 4 Linux

[@2:29:45] Quick-fire answers

In the quick-fire round, we covered measuring growth as engineer,

thoughts on Zig, Rust job market for juniors, the Rust community, how

2025 was, the next-gen trait solver, tech to learn in 2026, ML and Rust,

monorepos and CI, missing Rust features, Dioxus, reflection in Rust, Zig

leaving GitHub, and favorite CS books.

...more

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