# Rust Learning Path
**Objective**: Build confidence to ship production-grade Rust services by Q1.
## Milestones
- [x] Complete *Rustlings* exercises
- [x] Build CLI prototype (Piki sidecar tool)
- [ ] Finish *Zero To Production In Rust* book (up to chapter 10)
- [ ] Contribute PR to open-source crate (target: async HTTP client)
## Study Plan
- **Week of Oct 28** – Focus: Error handling patterns. Notes: Review `anyhow` vs `thiserror` trade-offs.
- **Week of Nov 4** – Focus: Async fundamentals. Notes: Explore `tokio` tasks + cancellation.
- **Week of Nov 11** – Focus: Testing strategies. Notes: Snapshot testing + property-based approaches.
- **Week of Nov 18** – Focus: Performance tuning. Notes: Profiling with `cargo flamegraph`.
## Resources
- `bookmarks/rust-blog-roll` (pull from browser)
- Youtube: Jon Gjengset live-coding sessions
- Discord: Rust Community #beginners channel
## Next Project Ideas
- Lightweight task runner with TOML config
- Metrics exporter for home energy monitor