Allen Wyma talks with Matthias Endler, the creator of lychee, a stream-based link checker written in Rust that finds broken hyperlinks and mail addresses inside of HTML and Markdown documents as well as websites.

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Timestamps

• [@00:00 ] - Meet Matthias: Rust consultant and creator of lychee


• [@01:55 ] - Protocol support, valid links, and lychee features


• [@14:51 ] - What inspired the creation of lychee


• [@19:25 ] - Supporting open-source projects and advice for creators starting their own


• [@32:17 ] - Staying on top of dependencies: why upgrading matters


• [@47:45 ] - New features being added to lychee

Other links

• RUSTAsia Conf 2025

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma