Building a Rust commandline tool: a towncrier clone

April 24, 2026 [Programming, Rust, Tech, Videos]

Enthusiastically embracing test-driven development as always, we attempt to write a minimal clone of a useful tool, towncrier, which allows us to build changelogs out of individual "newsfragment" files. By the end we have the outline of a decent solution that passes our first and only testcase!

You can find the code at https://codeberg.org/andybalaam/changelog-builder

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