https://www.rustbites.com/tags/pin-project/Recent content in Pin-Project on rustbitesHugoenWed, 27 May 2026 10:43:13 +0200https://www.rustbites.com/posts/bite-164/Tue, 26 May 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.rustbites.com/posts/bite-164/<p>The moment you hand-roll <code>Future::poll</code>, you have a <code>Pin&lt;&amp;mut Self&gt;</code> and a question Rust won&rsquo;t answer for you: how do I touch my fields? <code>self.inner</code> doesn&rsquo;t compile, <code>&amp;mut self.inner</code> is what <code>Pin</code> exists to prevent, and the answer — <em>pin projection</em> — is one of those idioms everyone reinvents until they reach for <code>pin-project-lite</code>.</p>