How Tokio and Hyper Connected

Episode 29 – Hyper with Sean McArthur (Ep 2 Remastered).

In this remastered episode, Glen interviews Sean McArthur, the creator and maintainer of the Hyper ecosystem. They discuss Sean's journey in software engineering, the evolution of Rust and asynchronous programming, and the growth of Hyper from its inception at Mozilla to its current status in the web development landscape. Sean shares insights on the creation of hyper, hyper-util, http, headers, the Warp framework, and the challenges of integrating HTTP/3 and QUIC. The conversation also touches on collaboration with cURL, the FFI layer, and Sean's aspirations for the future of Hyper and the broader ecosystem.

Learn more about Sean McArthur, Hyper and Warp:

• https://seanmonstar.com/
• https://seanmonstar.com/sponsor/
• https://hyper.rs/
• https://seanmonstar.com/blog/async-hyper/
• https://github.com/hyperium/hyper
• https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp
• https://seanmonstar.com/blog/warp/

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Chapters

• 00:00 Episode remaster notes
• 00:37 Intro
• 01:21 Get to know Sean McArthur and his origins in Rust
• 08:32 The Impact of Mozilla on Sean's Career
• 10:47 A short history of Hyper
• 21:52 hyper-util, http and headers crates
• 33:46 Warp
• 36:14 Hyper's Core Focus and Future Directions
• 38:21 Integrating HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 Support
• 40:19 The reqwest crate
• 45:04 The Complexities of HTTP/3 Integration
• 48:40 Reflections on the cURL and Hyper Collaboration
• 55:51 Future Aspirations for Hyper
• 59:21 Encouraging Community Engagement in Open Source
• 01:02:40 Outro

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Music for this episode was composed by Dj Mailbox. Listen to his music at https://on.soundcloud.com/4MRyPSNj8FZoVGpytj.