Rust Atomics and Locks
Rust Atomics and Locks by Mara Bosby Mara Bos
Shares rank 38 of 115 programming books by recommenders
People recommend it as a clear, well-explained guide to atomics and locking in Rust, available free online. It assumes basic knowledge of Rust.
People recommend it as a clear, well-explained guide to atomics and locking in Rust, available free online. It assumes basic knowledge of Rust.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Explains concepts very well
“is a very good book and available for free online. It does require knowing Rust at least in a basic level, but it explains things very well.”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Memory Ordering in CPUs” “you can see and feel the person talking”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “Rust Atomics and Locks (2023)” Strongly recommended by readers
“I can't recommend enough Rust Atomics and Locks”
Comment from 2 Nov 2025 in “Crossfire: High-performance lockless spsc/mpsc/mpmc channels for Rust” “several really strong-seeming (like the intro book, or Rust Atomics and Locks)”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Synadia and TigerBeetle Pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Requires basic Rust knowledge
“is a very good book and available for free online. It does require knowing Rust at least in a basic level, but it explains things very well.”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Memory Ordering in CPUs”
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The four most recommended other programming books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| The Pragmatic Programmerby Hunt and Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Rust Atomics and Locksby Mara BosThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“you can see and feel the person talking”
“is a very good book and available for free online. It does require knowing Rust at least in a basic level, but it explains things very well.”
“several really strong-seeming (like the intro book, or Rust Atomics and Locks)”
“I can't recommend enough Rust Atomics and Locks”
“this chapter is pretty much language-agnostic”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.