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Layer 2: Design Choices

Mental models and analogies for understanding Rust ownership, borrowing, and core concepts. \n \n Provides visual analogies (keys, lending, remotes) and mental models for ownership, moves, references, lifetimes, and smart pointers to build correct intuition \n Includes misconception-to-correction mappings for common borrow checker errors (E0382, E0502, E0499, E0106, E0507) with explanations of what safety guarantee each enforces \n Covers language-specific shifts for developers coming from Java,