---
title: Hello World
date: '2018-02-05'
words: 123
collection: ramblings
---

All things start with a "Hello World".

To a programmer this means specifically:

```rust
fn main() {
  println!("Hello World");
}
```

But in general it should represent the minimal effort to show the workings of a
system's dependencies. For example, let's say you are tasked with playing music
for a crowd. Before you get to actually playing the music you must perform a
"Hello World", or in terms musicians might be familiar, a sound check. The sound
check does nothing to prevent you from hitting the wrong note, but simply
ensures that when you do, everyone will hear it.

This post is my "Hello World" for all the future rambling I may do. If you are
reading this now, then my system's dependencies are working.