# Amos Wenger

> Amos Wenger, known online as 'fasterthanlime', is a Swiss software engineer, open-source author, and technical educator based in Lyon, France. Through their blog, newsletter, videos, and the Self-Directed Research Podcast (co-hosted with James Munns), Amos has become one of the most beloved voices in the Rust programming community - known for long-form, deeply exploratory articles that make the inner workings of computers approachable and fascinating. Founder of the open-source organization bearcove, Amos builds real tools like fluke (HTTP/2 over io_uring), facet (Rust reflection), and rc-zip while funding this work through sponsorships and content creation.

- **Role:** Founder at bearcove
- **Organizations:** bearcove, Self-Directed Research Podcast
- **From:** Switzerland
- **Nationality:** Swiss
- **Education:** Degrees in Computer Science and Microengineering, EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
- **Known for:** Creator of the widely-read 'A half-hour to learn Rust' (2020), Creator of ooc programming language (2009), presented at OSCON and OSDC, Founded bearcove open-source organization with 10+ active Rust projects

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Created the ooc programming language, a hybrid language compiling to C
- **2010** — Presented ooc at OSCON 2010 and OSDC 2010
- **2013-2016** — Worked at itch.io on the desktop application
- **2016-2019** — Worked at Netlify on web infrastructure
- **2019-2022** — Worked at Fly.io on infrastructure
- **2020** — Published 'A half-hour to learn Rust', a widely shared educational article
- **2022** — Founded bearcove as an open-source organization; went independent as full-time creator
- **2024** — Co-launched the Self-Directed Research Podcast with James Munns
- **2024** — Spoke at P99 CONF 2024 on Rust + io_uring + kTLS for HTTP
- **2025** — Open-sourced the Home CMS (personal website software built in Rust and TypeScript)
- **2025** — Live podcast recordings at EuroRust 2025 main stage

## Achievements

- Creator of the widely-read 'A half-hour to learn Rust' (2020)
- Creator of ooc programming language (2009), presented at OSCON and OSDC
- Founded bearcove open-source organization with 10+ active Rust projects
- Built fluke: HTTP/1+2 implementation using io_uring and kTLS, sponsored by Fly.io and Shopify
- Built facet: Rust reflection library replacing serde, clap, and friends with fast compile times
- Co-host of the Self-Directed Research Podcast with James Munns
- Speaker at P99 CONF 2024
- Achieved website TTFB of 21-70ms globally on just €85/month infrastructure
- Self-hosted full Kubernetes CDN-like infrastructure from scratch

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Open-sourced the Home CMS - personal website software built over ~5 years in Rust and TypeScript
- **2025-10** — Live Self-Directed Research Podcast recordings at EuroRust 2025 main stage with James Munns
- **2024-12** — Published 'Catching up with async Rust' video on YouTube
- **2024-09** — Spoke at P99 CONF 2024: 'Rust + io_uring + ktls: How Fast Can We Make HTTP?'
- **2024** — Launched Self-Directed Research Podcast (weekly) with James Munns

## Links

- Website: https://fasterthanli.me/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime
- GitHub: https://github.com/fasterthanlime
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fasterthanlime
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fasterthanlime/

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Last updated: 2026-04-22