My name is Ian Bull and I live on west coast of Canada. I am the creator of Zest & J2V8, former Eclipse p2 Lead, member of the Eclipse Architecture Council & a Rust Turbofish ::<>. I am a Distinguished Engineer & AI Architect at EclipseSource, VP at the Carnarvon Ball Club, a coach, teacher & community volunteer.
I have a passion for building developer tools and I spend my days writing software, managing Kubernetes clusters & training conversational AI models. I love Camping, Skiing and Biking with my family.
Posts
The following posts document my life as a Software Engineer. I write about my experiences, learnings, and thoughts on various topics including Systems Programming, Kubernetes, AI, and Software Engineering.
Recent Posts
Canoeing Around Lake Wakomata
Posted on:August 14, 2024After 25 years of visiting Camp, we finally paddled around the island in the center of Wakomata Lake
Rust - Put It in a Box and Win It
Posted on:August 10, 2024An eight-line changeset in Deno led me to question how wrapping a large structure in a `Box` improves performance, and if this approach works in general.
Early Return in Rust Nightly
Posted on:July 20, 2024In this article, I explore the Rust programming language's question mark (`?`) operator, explaining how it works for error handling and early returns, and demonstrate its usage with a BlackJack dealer game.
Rust For Computer Scientists
Posted on:July 2, 2024As a computer science enthusiast, I delve into the intricacies of Rust, exploring the underlying mechanisms of its memory management through hands-on tutorials and sharing my own solutions and bug fixes on GitHub.