Safe Network Dev Update - February 11, 2021

[JPL]

For recent videos

Simple Instructions on how to actually use SafeNetwork?

I’ve done the odd YouTube video on the how we are designing the interfaces to the Network which might give you a flavour for what two expect. You might like to let us know what you think? That would be useful! [Building the SAFE Network UX | On-boarding to an Autonomous Internet] [Building the SAFE Network UX | Controlling Access to your Personal Data] Hope to be doing more of these videos in the near future!

And this is an oldie but a goodie, still relevant
https://invidiou.site/watch?v=RdGH40oUVDY

As for a How-To video, you can find some of those on MaidSafe YouTube channel but I think they are out of date as the project has moved on since then. There’s no live testnet at the moment but you can install a local network (called Baby Fleming) following these instructions:

https://github.com/maidsafe/sn_api/blob/master/sn_cli/README.md

Rust is a modern memory-safe language that many people think will replace C++ over time. Pretty much all the big players - Microsoft, Amazon etc - are pitching in and refactoring code in Rust now.
Again, old topic but still relevant:

Rust vs C++

From @dirvine’s recent twitter posts I gather that he’s slowly falling in love with Rust If you find the time to comment, I’m curious to know where the advantages/disadvantages of Rust vs C++ lie in the context of SAFE. I’m not a programmer, so I’m wondering is it possible/would it make sense to switch to Rust? can a transition even be made? is it possible to build Rust apps on top of the C++ core of SAFE?