m14-mental-model

What it does: This skill helps explain confusing Rust programming concepts in simple, everyday terms, using analogies like comparing data ownership to holding the only key to a house. It's meant to help someone build a correct mental picture of ideas like ownership, borrowing data temporarily, and how long a piece of data stays valid, especially if they're used to other programming languages that work differently. It also lists common wrong ways of thinking about these ideas and the more accurate way to understand them. When to use it: - Someone is confused about why Rust won't let them do something that works in other languages - Explaining a Rust concept to a beginner using a simple comparison - Someone coming from a different programming language wants to understand what's different about Rust - Clearing up a common misunderstanding about how memory or data sharing works This is background teaching guidance automatically used to make explanations clearer, not a tool run directly by a person.