< The borrow checker taught me to read compiler errors >
Rust's compiler is famously strict, but because of that also famously helpful.
"Fighting the borrow checker" taught me to read error messages more closely.
That skill transfers everywhere.
< Pattern matching taught me to think in cases >
Rust's match is exhaustive - you handle every case or the code won't compile.
This made me think more carefully about edge cases in my code.
What is your favorite Rust (or other language) learning that made your code more robust?
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@bbelderbos I gained a lot from C++ library design, especially the STL (the design, not the implementation!)
So much goes into designing truly generic containers and algorithms, deciding what's a method, what's a free function, what your interfaces look like, and what doesn't belong in the type at all...
Python implementations are naturally entirely different, but the principles still apply.