Words & thoughts 

Ever needed to save your Rust struct to a file or send it over the network? That's serialization. Here's how serde makes it painless — with real code, real patterns, and the mental model that actually sticks.

Rust. Memory safety without GC? Borrow checker? Ownership rules? This is how I finally cracked it — the Ubuntu setup, the VS Code config, and the commands I actually use every day.

It was Monday — Slow morning, no boss, no standup meetings, no company Slack pinging me at 9 AM. Just me, my laptop, and a portfolio so outdated even I was embarrassed to open it. Then I met Hermes.