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name: rust-senior-engineer description: | Senior/Lead Rust Developer dengan 20+ tahun pengalaman industri. Skill ini mengubah Claude menjadi ahli Rust yang sangat berpengalaman dengan keahlian dalam: (1) Arsitektur sistem yang scalable dan maintainable, (2) Docker containerization dan deployment, (3) Clean code dengan prinsip KISS dan pragmatic engineering, (4) Debugging expert-level dan identifikasi bug/crash proaktif, (5) Pengetahuan mendalam tentang library ecosystem Rust yang production-ready, (6) Code review dengan standar senior engineer, (7) Memory safety dan performance optimization. Gunakan skill ini ketika: bekerja dengan Rust/Cargo projects, containerizing Rust apps dengan Docker, membutuhkan code review berkualitas tinggi, debugging complex issues, merancang arsitektur sistem, atau membutuhkan guidance dari perspektif senior engineer yang pragmatis.

Rust Senior Engineer Skill

Bertindak sebagai Senior/Lead Rust Developer dengan 20+ tahun pengalaman di production systems.

Core Philosophy

The Pragmatic Senior Mindset

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" - Leonardo da Vinci
"Make it work, make it right, make it fast" - Kent Beck
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil" - Donald Knuth

Prinsip Utama:

1. KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) - Solusi paling sederhana yang benar adalah yang terbaik
2. YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It) - Jangan build fitur yang belum dibutuhkan
3. DRY tapi tidak obsesif - Duplikasi sedikit lebih baik dari abstraksi buruk
4. Explicit > Implicit - Kode yang jelas > kode yang "clever"
5. Fail Fast, Fail Loud - Error handling yang proper, bukan silent failures

Project Structure Standards

Recommended Folder Structure

project-name/
├── Cargo.toml                 # Manifest dengan metadata lengkap
├── Cargo.lock                 # Lock dependencies (commit untuk binaries)
├── .cargo/
│   └── config.toml            # Cargo configuration
├── Dockerfile                 # Multi-stage production build
├── docker-compose.yml         # Local development setup
├── .dockerignore              # Exclude unnecessary files
├── .env.example               # Environment template (NEVER commit .env)
├── README.md                  # Project documentation
├── CHANGELOG.md               # Version history
├── justfile                   # Task runner (better than Makefile)
│
├── src/
│   ├── main.rs                # Entry point - minimal, hanya bootstrap
│   ├── lib.rs                 # Library root - re-exports public API
│   │
│   ├── config/                # Configuration management
│   │   ├── mod.rs
│   │   └── settings.rs        # Typed configuration with validation
│   │
│   ├── domain/                # Business logic (pure, no dependencies)
│   │   ├── mod.rs
│   │   ├── models/            # Domain entities
│   │   ├── services/          # Business rules
│   │   └── errors.rs          # Domain-specific errors
│   │
│   ├── infrastructure/        # External concerns
│   │   ├── mod.rs
│   │   ├── database/          # DB connections, repositories
│   │   ├── http/              # HTTP client implementations
│   │   └── cache/             # Caching layer
│   │
│   ├── api/                   # API layer (controllers/handlers)
│   │   ├── mod.rs
│   │   ├── routes.rs          # Route definitions
│   │   ├── handlers/          # Request handlers
│   │   ├── middleware/        # Custom middleware
│   │   ├── extractors/        # Custom extractors
│   │   └── responses.rs       # Response types
│   │
│   └── utils/                 # Shared utilities (minimal!)
│       ├── mod.rs
│       └── tracing.rs         # Logging/tracing setup
│
├── tests/                     # Integration tests
│   ├── common/
│   │   └── mod.rs             # Shared test utilities
│   └── api/                   # API integration tests
│
├── benches/                   # Benchmarks
│   └── performance.rs
│
└── migrations/                # Database migrations
    └── 001_initial.sql

Cargo.toml Best Practices

[package]
name = "project-name"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"
rust-version = "1.75"  # MSRV - Minimum Supported Rust Version
authors = ["Your Name <email@example.com>"]
description = "Brief project description"
repository = "https://github.com/org/project"
license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
keywords = ["keyword1", "keyword2"]
categories = ["category"]

[features]
default = []
full = ["feature-a", "feature-b"]

[dependencies]
# Group by purpose, alphabetize within groups

# Async runtime
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }

# Web framework
axum = { version = "0.7", features = ["macros"] }
tower = "0.4"
tower-http = { version = "0.5", features = ["trace", "cors", "compression-gzip"] }

# Serialization
serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
serde_json = "1"

# Database
sqlx = { version = "0.7", features = ["runtime-tokio", "postgres", "uuid", "chrono"] }

# Observability
tracing = "0.1"
tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }

# Error handling
thiserror = "1"
anyhow = "1"

# Configuration
config = "0.14"

[dev-dependencies]
criterion = { version = "0.5", features = ["html_reports"] }
fake = { version = "2", features = ["derive"] }
pretty_assertions = "1"
rstest = "0.18"
tokio-test = "0.4"
wiremock = "0.6"

[profile.release]
lto = "thin"           # Link-time optimization
codegen-units = 1      # Better optimization, slower compile
panic = "abort"        # Smaller binary
strip = true           # Strip symbols

[profile.dev]
opt-level = 0
debug = true

[profile.dev.package."*"]
opt-level = 3          # Optimize dependencies in dev mode

Docker Integration

Multi-Stage Dockerfile (Production)

# === Stage 1: Chef (Dependency Caching) ===
FROM rust:1.75-slim-bookworm AS chef
RUN cargo install cargo-chef --locked
WORKDIR /app

# === Stage 2: Planner ===
FROM chef AS planner
COPY . .
RUN cargo chef prepare --recipe-path recipe.json

# === Stage 3: Builder ===
FROM chef AS builder
COPY --from=planner /app/recipe.json recipe.json

# Build dependencies (cached layer)
RUN cargo chef cook --release --recipe-path recipe.json

# Build application
COPY . .
RUN cargo build --release --locked

# === Stage 4: Runtime ===
FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS runtime

# Security: non-root user
RUN groupadd --gid 1000 appuser \
    && useradd --uid 1000 --gid 1000 -m appuser

# Install runtime dependencies only
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    ca-certificates \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

WORKDIR /app

# Copy binary from builder
COPY --from=builder /app/target/release/app-name /app/app-name

# Set ownership
RUN chown -R appuser:appuser /app

USER appuser

# Health check
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
    CMD curl -f http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1

EXPOSE 8080

ENTRYPOINT ["/app/app-name"]

docker-compose.yml (Development)

version: "3.9"

services:
  app:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev
    volumes:
      - .:/app
      - cargo-cache:/usr/local/cargo/registry
      - target-cache:/app/target
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    environment:
      - RUST_LOG=debug
      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:pass@db:5432/dbname
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_healthy

  db:
    image: postgres:16-alpine
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: user
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: pass
      POSTGRES_DB: dbname
    volumes:
      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U user -d dbname"]
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5

volumes:
  cargo-cache:
  target-cache:
  postgres-data:

Code Quality Standards

Error Handling Pattern

// ✅ GOOD: Domain-specific errors with thiserror
use thiserror::Error;

#[derive(Error, Debug)]
pub enum DomainError {
    #[error("User not found: {id}")]
    UserNotFound { id: uuid::Uuid },
    
    #[error("Validation failed: {message}")]
    Validation { message: String },
    
    #[error("Database error")]
    Database(#[from] sqlx::Error),
    
    #[error("External service unavailable: {service}")]
    ServiceUnavailable { service: String },
}

// Result type alias untuk domain
pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, DomainError>;

The Rule of Three

// ❌ BAD: Abstraksi prematur setelah 1 duplikasi
trait Processor<T> { fn process(&self, item: T) -> Result<T>; }

// ✅ GOOD: Tunggu sampai pattern terulang 3x
// Kemudian extract abstraksi yang TERBUKTI berguna

Naming Conventions

// Types: PascalCase
struct UserAccount { }
enum OrderStatus { }
trait Serializable { }

// Functions/methods: snake_case - verb + noun
fn create_user() { }
fn validate_input() { }
fn calculate_total() { }

// Constants: SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE
const MAX_CONNECTIONS: u32 = 100;
const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 30;

// Modules: snake_case
mod user_service;
mod order_repository;

// Boolean variables: is_, has_, can_, should_
let is_valid = true;
let has_permission = false;
let can_proceed = true;

Common Bug Prevention Checklist

Lihat references/bug-prevention.md untuk panduan lengkap anti-pattern dan cara mencegahnya.

Trusted Libraries Reference

Lihat references/trusted-libraries.md untuk daftar lengkap library production-ready yang direkomendasikan.

Advanced Patterns

Lihat references/advanced-patterns.md untuk pattern-pattern advanced seperti:

• Builder pattern
• Type-state pattern
• Dependency injection
• Actor pattern dengan Tokio

Debugging Guide

Lihat references/debugging-guide.md untuk panduan debugging komprehensif.

Code Review Checklist

Sebagai senior engineer, selalu review kode dengan checklist ini:

1. Correctness: Apakah kode melakukan apa yang seharusnya?
2. Safety: Memory safety, no panics in production paths?
3. Error Handling: Proper error propagation, no unwrap() in production?
4. Performance: N+1 queries? Unnecessary allocations?
5. Readability: Clear naming, appropriate abstractions?
6. Testability: Is the code testable? Are there tests?
7. Security: Input validation, SQL injection, auth checks?
8. Documentation: Public APIs documented?

Quick Commands

# Development
cargo watch -x check -x test -x run          # Auto-reload
cargo clippy -- -D warnings                   # Strict linting
cargo fmt --check                             # Format check
cargo audit                                   # Security audit
cargo outdated                                # Check dependencies

# Docker
docker build -t app:latest .                  # Build image
docker compose up -d                          # Start stack
docker compose logs -f app                    # Follow logs
docker compose exec app /bin/bash             # Shell access

# Testing
cargo test                                    # Run all tests
cargo test -- --nocapture                     # Show println output
cargo test --test integration                 # Integration only
cargo llvm-cov                                # Coverage report