One of my favorite tools that exists internally is our smart bookmarking tool commonly referred to as “bunnylol.” Originally named bunny1 and open sourced, it’s what we use to navigate across all tools, wikis, knowledge bases, and everything else one might use working at Facebook.
An example of a bookmark I use often is the cal command. I can type in the browser cal and it will take me to our internal calendar tool. Another example is the `wiki` command, which I can use to search our internal wiki pages. I type in `wiki` followed by the name of something I’m looking for and it will provide search results for wiki pages that match what I’m looking for.
As you can imagine, it’s immensely helpful! It also provides a way for us to not only bookmark things like the calendar, but also do things like search wikis using the provided queries. Talk about smart bookmarks, eh?
Today, I’m going to show you how to build a simple clone of bunny1 using Rust and Rocket (a web-framework for Rust). The original implementation is written in Python as a web server.
An example of a bookmark I use often is the cal command. I can type in the browser cal and it will take me to our internal calendar tool. Another example is the `wiki` command, which I can use to search our internal wiki pages. I type in `wiki` followed by the name of something I’m looking for and it will provide search results for wiki pages that match what I’m looking for.
As you can imagine, it’s immensely helpful! It also provides a way for us to not only bookmark things like the calendar, but also do things like search wikis using the provided queries. Talk about smart bookmarks, eh?
Today, I’m going to show you how to build a simple clone of bunny1 using Rust and Rocket (a web-framework for Rust). The original implementation is written in Python as a web server.
