Rust implementation

[jamessizeland]

I'm interested in writing a Rust implementation of this, I'd just like to check the appetite for that.

It would allow this project to target Rust projects directly and potentially could be used as a common core for Python and C implementations in future.

I also wondered if the https://www.iroh.computer/ project would be a useful transport strategy for this project, the peer to peer protocol is pretty fast, robust and encrypted, I've used it on a few projects already.

[atsyplikhin]

Thanks a lot for opening this and for the writeup, really appreciate the thought you put into the Rust-core angle (and the iroh.computer pointer, that's a strong candidate worth a proper look).

We're heads-down on the next release right now, so we can't pick this up immediately, but we'll be glad to dig into it once that's out the door. Happy to follow up!

[jamessizeland]

https://github.com/huggingface/tokenizers might be a good model to follow, I'll scaffold something to show you what I have in mind. I'm happy to help with architecture and implementation in my evenings.

[jamessizeland]

I'll start with a go at implementing the edge package in Rust and connecting it to my old universal robot driver

[atsyplikhin]

That's a great starting point - the edge package is exactly where I'd begin, and universal-robot is a nice first driver to prove it on.

One important heads-up before you sink serious time in: the next version of Device Connect is actively work-in-progress, and some internals (including transport and core-layer boundaries) may shift as part of it. Suggest keeping the first pass a thin scaffold.
Thanks!

[jamessizeland]

No worries, I'm mostly working through it as a way of learning more about how it (currently) works. I'll add some more comments here as I go but I won't rely on the repo being static.