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Topcoat is pushing the boundary of server applications with Rust

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  1. lolakutty · · focus · HN ↗
    Why bother with rust when you can write it in C and ask an LLM to weed out the memory bugs?
    1. huijzer · · focus · HN ↗
      If you go that way, why not write LLVM Intermediate Representation? And if you know your server CPU anyway, why not write machine code?

      I personally like Rust for web applications a lot because you can catch many bugs at compile time instead of during tests or runtime.

      1. hmokiguess · · focus · HN ↗
        Soon we're gonna need a way to catch bugs at prompt time
      2. lolakutty · · focus · HN ↗
        >If you go that way, why not write LLVM Intermediate Representation? And if you know your server arch anyway, why not write machine code?

        Nah, C is good enough for me.

        > catch many bugs at compile time...

        Rust borrow checker is too dumb that you catch many non-bugs as well...I don't like that.

        Mmm..LLMs also generates false positives. But at least you can reason with it...

      3. officialchicken · · focus · HN ↗
        Reuse is bad / NIHS is good and it's hard to reach token metrics using accepted engineering practices. That leads to the point of having the LLM invent a new specialized job security chip architecture for your IR just to run CRUD app.
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