I've moved from Rust to Go for most things because in the era of agents, being able to iterate quickly on a project is a huge advantage and Rust is way, way slower than Go for compilation. There are times when Rust is more appropriate, but for the vast majority of things Go is perfectly fine.
I don't really understand why Rust seems to be the go-to language for llms. Yes sure it has a good type system, but in practice llms seem to trip over it as much as I do, and given how fast llms are at writing code, that just makes compile times a much larger bottleneck.
Rust is built on the idea that code that compile must be correct, to the best of its abilities. LLMs are fast and sloppy, Rust keeps them in check by not letting them get away with preventable bugs.
Of course, Rust can't do anything for spec bugs, like making the stop light green when it should be red, but it can help with crashes and vulnerabilities.
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Rust is built on the idea that code that compile must be correct, to the best of its abilities. LLMs are fast and sloppy, Rust keeps them in check by not letting them get away with preventable bugs.
Of course, Rust can't do anything for spec bugs, like making the stop light green when it should be red, but it can help with crashes and vulnerabilities.
wannabe44 · · focus · HN ↗
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