My graduation cap runs Rust
ericswpark
124 points
30 comments
May 13, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (12 comments)
Aperocky
> I thought about it but decided it looks pretty tacky. It looks like what kids would think of as a gaming PC and what boomers would think of as a seizure. Missed chance to be a school legend and initiation of a career launching arc.
0cf8612b2e1e
If you go to a bigger school, they have multiple graduation ceremonies. Split the rental amongst anyone who does not share a time slot with you. That’s what I did and people acted like this was a genius move. No, I am just broke.
florilegiumson
Living in the PE side of software, with its EBITDA and other metrics, poorly researched product initiatives, senseless firefighting, and toxic bro cultures, it's nice to be reminded some of the reasons I got into this. Thank you.
katzgrau
> It probably would’ve been easier if I didn’t use Rust and just used the Arduino libraries, or if I used a different board. But I was really married to this blog post title idea Worth it, nicely done
jdw64
If Rust could create the girlfriend I still do not have, I think I would have learned Rust by now.
LandenLove
I am pretty sure I purchased my cap and gown instead of renting. But my college was a bit smaller.
Ferret7446
1. No it doesn't, it runs machine code. 2. Yet again we have the need to announce Rust to the world, when the usage of it is inconsequential in this context
hona_mind
Genuinely the best use of "I was really married to this blog post title idea" as a justification for a technical decision I've ever read. Congrats!
kmoser
> So you do need to shell out to rent them. And they don’t give you the option to buy the cap and gown outright. You can't buy them from a 3rd party? Maybe a cheap Spirit Halloween costume? Maybe even make your own from cardboard and a black napkin or two?
pipeline_peak
If there’s anything I really want written in Rust, it’s a Chrome extension to filter out all the HN posts about Rust.
brcmthrowaway
Oh to be young and have oodles of free time again
classified
Cool project. And it goes to show how this education system is scammed out to the max, even cap and gown.