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Day 42, and here we are. Six weeks of learning Rust from the perspective of a C# developer. We covered the basics, wrestled with ownership, danced with traits and lifetimes, and shipped a working CLI app. Along the way, there were moments of frustration, lightbulb moments, and more than a few “why is this so hard” conversations with the compiler.

This final reflection is about stepping back and asking the big questions. What did Rust really teach me? What am I taking back to my C# projects? What might be next?

Welcome to Day 41, and we are almost done! Today, we are putting Rust’s performance reputation to the test. Rust has a reputation for being fast. But how fast? If you have been living in the C# world where the JIT and garbage collector handle things for you this is a good chance to see how Rust stacks up when it comes to raw speed.

Day 40, and today we are looking at how to package and release your Rust CLI app. You have written the code, added argument parsing, handled the logic, and even written tests. Now it is time to get that shiny CLI tool into the hands of others.

This process will feel familiar if you have worked with .NET global tools. Rust’s cargo makes it easy to build, release, and share your command-line apps.

Onward to Day 39. Today, we’re discussing testing in Rust. If you are a C# developer, you have probably spent time with xUnit, NUnit, or MSTest. You know the usual [TestMethod] or [Fact] attributes and Assert.Equal calls. Rust’s testing system is going to feel pretty familiar with a bit of Rust flair.

Welcome to Day 38. Today, we’re getting our hands dirty with file I/O. Reading and writing files is one of those tasks every app must perform at some point. If you have written C# code using System.IO this is going to feel familiar but with a Rust twist.

We are up to Day 37, and today, we are continuing to build out our Rust CLI app. Last time, we set up a simple command-line tool using the clap crate. Now, it is time to dig a little deeper into parsing arguments, handling input validation, and structuring our logic cleanly.

If you are coming from the C# world, this is where you would probably set up your Program.cs to parse args[], maybe use a library like CommandLineParser, and then branch out into your application logic. Rust gives you similar tools but with its own flavor.