
{"id":225092,"date":"2026-09-09T13:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=225092"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:41:19","slug":"how-to-rust-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=225092","title":{"rendered":"How to Rust .me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>And what to expect\u200a\u2014\u200ame.whatever(what)<\/h4>\n<p>Rust\u00a0.me is now installable.<\/p>\n<p>cargo add this-me<\/p>\n<p>That line brings in the Rust implementation of the\u00a0.me semantic kernel: hash-chained memory, path grammar, operators, derivations, secrets, proofs, snapshots, runtime events, receipts, and a small\u00a0CLI.<\/p>\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crates.io\/crates\/this-me\">Crate on crates.io<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.rs\/this-me\">API docs on\u00a0docs.rs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/neurons-me.github.io\/.me\/Rust\/\">Rust\u00a0.me\u00a0docs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/neurons-me\/.me\/tree\/main\/Rust\">GitHub repo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>.me is not just a data structure. It is a different way to think about application state.<\/p>\n<p>In a normal stack, one idea usually becomes five\u00a0pieces:<\/p>\n<p>ALTER TABLE friends ADD COLUMN is_adult BOOLEAN;<br \/>UPDATE friends SET is_adult = age &gt; 18;<br \/>CREATE TRIGGER &#8230;<br \/>SELECT &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Then the frontend repeats it\u00a0again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In\u00a0<\/strong><strong>.me, the goal is different:<\/strong> write the meaning once, keep the relation alive, and let the system explain how the value resolved.<\/p>\n<p>.me<\/p>\n<h3>Start With A\u00a0Kernel<\/h3>\n<p>use this_me::kernel::{Kernel, Value};<\/p>\n<p>fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;dyn std::error::Error&gt;&gt; {<br \/>    let mut me = Kernel::new();<br \/>    me.postulate(&#8220;profile.name&#8221;, &#8220;Jabellae&#8221;)?;<br \/>    me.postulate(&#8220;wallet.income&#8221;, 100_u64)?;<br \/>    me.postulate(&#8220;wallet.expenses&#8221;, 40_u64)?;<br \/>    me.derive(&#8220;&#8221;, &#8220;wallet.total&#8221;, &#8220;wallet.income &#8211; wallet.expenses&#8221;)?;<br \/>    assert_eq!(me.read(&#8220;wallet.total&#8221;), Some(&amp;Value::from(60_u64)));<br \/>    Ok(())<br \/>}<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0.me kernel has two important layers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The current projection: <\/strong>the latest value at each semantic\u00a0path.<strong>The memory log:<\/strong> an append-only hash chain of what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Reads are fast because they hit the current projection. History remains available because every memory is\u00a0chained.<\/p>\n<h3>Paths Are\u00a0Meaning<\/h3>\n<h4>me.whatever(what)<\/h4>\n<p>.me does not require a schema migration before you can say something.<\/p>\n<p>me.postulate(&#8220;friends.ana.age&#8221;, 18_u64)?;<br \/>me.postulate(&#8220;friends.luis.age&#8221;, 17_u64)?;<\/p>\n<h4>The path is the structure.<\/h4>\n<p>Selectors preserve the plural\u00a0shape:<\/p>\n<p>me.postulate(&#8220;items[sku-001].price&#8221;, 100_u64)?;<br \/>me.postulate(&#8220;items[sku-002].price&#8221;, 80_u64)?;<\/p>\n<p>And the parser preserves expressions:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;items[price &gt; 90].name&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[] is not just an array. It is grammar for plurality.<\/p>\n<h3>Operators<\/h3>\n<p>Rust\u00a0.me includes the core operators:<\/p>\n<p>@   identity<br \/>_   secret scope<br \/>~   noise boundary<br \/>__  pointer<br \/>=   derivation<br \/>?   query \/ collect<br \/>&#8211;   remove \/ tombstone<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>me.claim_identity(&#8220;jabellae&#8221;)?;<br \/>me.secret(&#8220;wallet&#8221;, &#8220;owner-secret&#8221;)?;<br \/>me.postulate(&#8220;wallet.balance&#8221;, 100_u64)?;<br \/>assert!(me.read(&#8220;wallet.balance&#8221;).is_some());<br \/>assert!(me.read_public(&#8220;wallet.balance&#8221;).is_none());<\/p>\n<p><strong>That is structural privacy.<\/strong> The value exists for the owner projection, but it is absent from the public projection.<\/p>\n<h3>Use The Runtime For Real\u00a0Hosts<\/h3>\n<p>Kernel is the semantic core. For apps, daemons, gateways, or embedded systems, use KernelRuntime.<\/p>\n<p>use this_me::runtime::{runtime_receipt_to_json, KernelRuntime};<br \/>use this_me::storage::JsonFileStore;<\/p>\n<p>fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;dyn std::error::Error&gt;&gt; {<br \/>    let store = JsonFileStore::new(&#8220;\/tmp\/me-state.json&#8221;);<br \/>    let mut runtime = KernelRuntime::load(store)?;<br \/>    let receipt = runtime.write_with_receipt(<br \/>        &#8220;apps.fulltrailer.home.count&#8221;,<br \/>        3_u64,<br \/>    )?;<br \/>    println!(&#8220;{}&#8221;, runtime_receipt_to_json(&amp;receipt));<br \/>    Ok(())<br \/>}<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the host\u00a0shape:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>load kernel<br \/>execute write or me:\/\/ command<br \/>save snapshot<br \/>return result<br \/>return runtime events<\/p>\n<p>That makes it suitable for HTTP, WebSocket, local apps, Raspberry Pi, vehicle computers, robots, or a future monad.ai\u00a0host.<\/p>\n<h3>CLI<\/h3>\n<p>Install the\u00a0CLI:<\/p>\n<p>cargo install this-me<\/p>\n<p>Write\/read with persistent state:<\/p>\n<p>me &#8211;state \/tmp\/me-state.json write profile.name &#8216;&#8221;Jabellae&#8221;&#8216;<br \/>me &#8211;state \/tmp\/me-state.json read profile.name<\/p>\n<p>Without &#8211;state, the kernel is ephemeral. With &#8211;state, it persists.<\/p>\n<p>You can also bind identity and expression:<\/p>\n<p>me &#8211;who jabellae &#8211;secret &#8216;whatever&#8217; about &#8216;x &gt; 10&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And prove that\u00a0branch:<\/p>\n<p>me &#8211;who jabellae &#8211;secret &#8216;whatever&#8217; <br \/>  about &#8216;x &gt; 10&#8217; <br \/>  prove local.netget &#8216;{&#8220;nonce&#8221;:&#8221;n-1&#8243;}&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The seed stays private. The proof signs a branch-scoped message.<\/p>\n<h3>Benchmarks<\/h3>\n<p>Rust\u00a0.me was compared against the TypeScript\u00a0.me kernel using a mirror suite: same machine, same operation shapes, same measured percentiles.<\/p>\n<p>The important results:<\/p>\n<p>Sustained mutation p95<br \/>Rust:      0.0165 ms<br \/>TypeScript: 0.0286 ms<br \/>Rust\/TS:   0.57xLazy mutation at fanout 5,000<br \/>Rust:      0.0025 ms<br \/>TypeScript: 0.0053 ms<br \/>Rust\/TS:   0.47xEager mutation at fanout 5,000<br \/>Rust:      55.3975 ms<br \/>TypeScript: 99.7792 ms<br \/>Rust\/TS:   0.56xSecret lazy derivation p95<br \/>Rust:      0.0286 ms<br \/>TypeScript: 0.5689 ms<br \/>Rust\/TS:   0.05x<\/p>\n<p>The important part is not \u201cRust magically wins.\u201d The first Rust benchmark found a real gap: lazy mutation was still walking subscribers at write time. Run #002 fixed it by using source path versions and stale-on-read checks.<\/p>\n<p>That is the\u00a0.me\u00a0lesson:<\/p>\n<p>a write states a fact<br \/>a fresh read resolves whether a relation changed<\/p>\n<h3>Is This Faster Than PostgreSQL?<\/h3>\n<p>Wrong question, but useful comparison.<\/p>\n<p>PostgreSQL is a mature relational database. It gives you SQL, indexes, transactions, joins, constraints, replication, and decades of production hardening.<\/p>\n<p>.me is doing a different job.<\/p>\n<p>PostgreSQL asks:<\/p>\n<p>Where is this row?<br \/>What query returns this set?<br \/>How do I keep schema, triggers, cache, backend, and UI synchronized?<\/p>\n<p>.me asks:<\/p>\n<p>What does this path mean?<br \/>What relation produced this value?<br \/>Who can see it?<br \/>Can I prove this memory chain?<br \/>What changed, and who should react?<\/p>\n<p>So no, Rust\u00a0.me is not \u201cPostgres but\u00a0faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is closer to a semantic runtime where state, derivation, privacy, proof, and reactivity live in one language.<\/p>\n<p>For classic relational workloads, use Postgres.<\/p>\n<p>For local-first semantic memory, reactive paths, explainable derivations, cryptographic identity, and embeddable runtime state,\u00a0.me is a different category.<\/p>\n<h3>What To\u00a0Expect<\/h3>\n<p>Expect a small kernel, not a full app framework.<\/p>\n<p>Expect paths instead of\u00a0schemas.<\/p>\n<p>Expect derivations instead of duplicated business\u00a0logic.<\/p>\n<p>Expect explain() instead of guessing where a value came\u00a0from.<\/p>\n<p>Expect public and private projections as part of the structure, not as a legal promise after the\u00a0fact.<\/p>\n<p>Expect Rust\u00a0.me to become the lower-level runtime ground: the version you can embed closer to the\u00a0machine.<\/p>\n<p>.me is a framework where your session is your database, your language is your schema, and privacy is structural.<\/p>\n<p>Rust makes that shape smaller, stricter, and closer to the\u00a0metal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/neurons-me\/.me\">GitHub &#8211; neurons-me\/.me: Here we&#8217;re codependently creating .me while it concurrently creates us.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\/how-to-rust-me-eadb8b1a5675\">How to Rust .me<\/a> was originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\">Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And what to expect\u200a\u2014\u200ame.whatever(what) Rust\u00a0.me is now installable. cargo add this-me That line brings in the Rust implementation of the\u00a0.me semantic kernel: hash-chained memory, path grammar, operators, derivations, secrets, proofs, snapshots, runtime events, receipts, and a small\u00a0CLI. 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