Battery packs: Let's talk about crates, baby
Summary
The article introduces 'battery packs' for Rust crates—curated sets of libraries grouped by themes like CLI apps, backend services, and embedded development. It explains how battery packs are packaged as crates, how to create and use them with cargo-bp, and the potential for community-driven standardization and funding through Rust ecosystem initiatives. It also discusses benefits, risks, and evolution of the approach, including templates for CI and interoperability considerations.