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I think a bunch of the "rustc compiles slow" talk comes from the misunderstanding of what rustc does.

For example, to do the same things as `rustc` but using C++, you need to run external runtime modifying program to check your program for memory errors .. so that extends your C++ "compile time" by fair amount to even begin to match what rustc does.

Different libraries using different runtimes is quite unfair criticism, the actual criticism could be "no abstraction over the runtimes".

> Most of the features of sync rust don't compose well with async rust

True, but what do you suggest? Adding an effect system? Removing async?

One thing which I am afraid of, is that people who make Rust applications or libraries aren't really responsible with its advanced features (which are great!).

Like I am positive we'll be getting GAT misuse / abuse just by sheer accident because people don't understand them (they're a complex language feature), just like we have libraries going async needlessly.

There's only the ``type Future`` mess because GATs aren't exposed (they're currently compiler internal) so that's easy to fix. They could stabilize it already, but they're listening to community feedback in the respective issue (which is a fantastic read btw)

What's so wrong with Rust's async / await?

Magical piece of software. I don't know how Android has couple of good e-readers but desktop only has Calibre.

> People from elite backgrounds increasingly dominate academia

Even if your system was pure Meritocracy that'd make 16th century Anglos proud, you'd still expect it to eventually come to this (smart people have smart kids, dumb people have dumb kids)

He is the most fun bullshit artist.

It's a weird porridge of topics.

Just do this instead: https://dcic-world.org/

This is only a surprise if you thought Open Source wasn't you slaving away for big tech.

> Can I use Kotlin today without knowing/caring about Java?

Yes.

This is going to be one of those HN posts that will not age well, isn't it

I do not need a programming font, I need a nice serif font for when I take notes in `.md` files.

Georgia looks ugly in the editor.

That'd be the first thing he has pulled out of apparently.

> You need a fairly sophisticated DevOps organization to successfully run microservices. This doesn't really make a difference if you run at a scale that requires that sophistication anyhow, but it is very likely that you are not Google

Correct. Don't use tools aimed for Google levels of complexity if you're not dealing with Google levels of complexity.

I can't think of why not, besides the overhead with tracing .. but I already do tracing on my apps so I could do this very easily.

You've read about most of the concepts if you've gone through that material.

> How else I should be learning about system design.

I'd recommend putting that reading to use and make some kind of an architecture astronaut system with it to see if you truly understand it.

Pretty rich idea coming from FB, lol. They do human scraping.

It is just a way to humble brag if you are a narcissist; and in the case you aren't, you probably are incompetent and need to fix it.

Just give me readable papers instead. Such a pain in the dick format yet its the only thing there is.

When you feel incompetent (as you do), and you get the feedback from being incompetent (as you have), you probably are incompetent. That said, you can always improve. It's first job, its whatever.

Why don't APIs have a general path for reporting API errors?

You aren't supposed to use a tool made for Google level complexity unless you work with such complexity in the first place.

Pay more.

I am a very fast reader and it's something I picked up by being an avid reader, no meme technique snake oils, just churning through 1 - 2 books a day in my teens, some of them of highly technical nature.

So becoming a faster reader was just a function of reading for me, the more I read the faster I read. My starting point was 1-2 books a week if that, and it took a couple of years of reading until I could do it in a day.

I'd focus more on reading comprehension, doesn't really matter how fast you speed through Dostoevsky if you simply don't understand it and I fail to see the point of being faster if it's not predicated first on understanding the text.

Isn't this breaking the Rust language into two?

You would need pretty strict laws against pornography to reduce this degeneracy, I don't think there's any hope. Your kids gonna have a smart phone by age 8 and get his or hers retina blasted with man made horrors.

I had the original COVID-19 in early '20. It was a like a flu, why take any shots for this if you aren't at-risk group (old or immunocompromised like cancer and aids)?

ng+ on my life

Literally Urbit.