Cross-Magic: personal projects, Rust games, and utilizing AI

Being inspired by magic word squares after last month's talk, Ben Massey decided to craft a demo of an AI-powered crossword game using these word squares. Touching on approaches to personal projects, the state of generative AI usage in Rust, and front-end crate options: Ben is aiming to use this demo game to bring up some fun Rust topics.

Ben is a software developer at Portland design firm Downstream, who has made Rust his primary language for personal projects, and has always had an interest in interactive experiences.