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I'm soliciting your advice

I recently learned Rust. Or at least I've learned it roughly as well as a third grader knows how to write novels or do algebra. I'm very much a beginner, but I've completed Rustlings, read through most of the book, and even built a terminal application for interacting with the public REST API that my company maintains.

But, like...what do I actually *do* with this knowledge now? What's something useful I can do to improve it, beyond just doing a lot more exercises? What's something useful I can do for myself and for the wider world? I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with something, and I just don't know. For every problem I have as a user of computers, there are already tons of excellent solutions provided by the open source community, and I'm at a place where I'm really happy with everything I use on a daily basis. So I don't have a personal need that would provide motivation right now.

So this is why I need your advice and suggestions!

What do *you* think I should do now that I've got a basic knowledge of Rust?

Is there something I could contribute to with this level of knowledge?

Is there some tool that you're lacking that I could work toward creating?

Is there some service you wish existed in the world that I could work toward creating?

Is there a good learning project that would be illuminating and inspiring, even if it's been done a million times before?

What do you wish you had done as a fledgeling programmer?

Email me and let me know. Or post about it, or whatever is clever.

Email me