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Topcoat is pushing the boundary of server applications with Rust

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  1. jdw64 · · focus · HN ↗
    Has anyone here tried it?
    1. haellsigh · · focus · HN ↗
      I have tried it. It feels pretty good to use, but you have to keep in mind that it's very early software. They currently break the API every other week, and it's still missing a lot of fundamental features. I have made a few basic web apps with it, and on v0.8.1 it was still missing a lot of reactivity which meant you had to use Javascript to bridge the gap.
      1. jdw64 · · focus · HN ↗
        I used it in the early days, and it seems it's still the same. Thank you.
    2. moffers · · focus · HN ↗
      We’re using it to build our web app (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;uncook.xyz" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;uncook.xyz) and while it’s a slight departure from my team’s NodeJS background it’s been pretty cool to work with
      1. jdw64 · · focus · HN ↗
        cute app
    3. bickfordb · · focus · HN ↗
      I haven&#x27;t tried to the web app part but I&#x27;ve tried Toasty. The API seemed to be a little simpler and nicer to use than SeaORM for me. Here are a few things I liked in Toasty:

      - In SQLite UUIDs are default stored as compact blobs instead of inefficient varchar&#x2F;text (SeaORM)

      - Timestamps were easier via jiff instead of chrono (SeaORM)

      - Model structs use the actual name of the $table instead of being named like $tablemodule.(Model|ActiveModel) (SeaORM) they are just $Table. This makes writing libraries a little simpler that need to use entity struct&#x27;s from two separate modules&#x2F;crates otherwise you get a name collision on Model&#x2F;ActiveModel and need to do alias imports.

      - There&#x27;s an API to fetch related data to a query similar to Django ORM. IIRC this is missing from SeaORM

      - The query expression language doesn&#x27;t cover as much of SQL as SeaORM but seems to be enough for most web apps.

      - I didn&#x27;t like how the migration system works. I would skip that part of the library

      1. carllerche · · focus · HN ↗
        Do you have feedback on what you don’t like re: the migration system? It is inspired by drizzle. Is it something we missed or just not a fan of that style entirely?
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