There are rats in my Cargo!!!
summary
Claims an interactive Cargo UI is feasible and ships a prototype called cargo tree 2E that replaces the static cargo tree output with an interactive Ratatui-based view. It uses Rust and Ratatui to provide collapse/expand, search, breadcrumbs and context-preserving scrolling; performance is acceptable on medium repos while optimizations continue. The tree model uses an arena data structure (nodes in a single vector with parent/child indices) to avoid borrow-checker issues and enable O(1) lookups.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:26Landmine detection history
- 5:07Hero rats detecting landmines
- 7:19Simple solutions power
- 7:39Terminals and potential
- 11:09Terminal UI with Rust
- 12:55Rust for terminal software
- 14:40Simple TUI in Rust
- 15:45Terminal UI key concepts
- 17:55Ratatui backends
- 20:50Ratatui-fying examples
- 21:12Ratatuify Cargo idea
- 22:59Contribute to Cargo
- 25:28cargo tree 2E features
- 27:36Solving with cargo tree 2E
- 30:28Development challenges
- 31:53Wrapping up and the value of simplicity
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