Reddit is horrible to use on mobile devices as well. They're trying to force you to download the app, but I'm not interested to download an app to browse a website. I already have a browser.
Try Apollo if you’re on the iPhone.
Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
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Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
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Who is that an issue for? We make simple websites lol.
So you mean a piece of code that is literally hanging on the open net, bare-assed? Yeah, I wonder why memory safety would matter here ;)
Memory allocation and garbage collection is a very solved problem unless you are doing highly performant work.
We make websites and mobile apps. Get it?
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
So you mean a piece of code that is literally hanging on the open net, bare-assed? Yeah, I wonder why memory safety would matter here ;)
Memory allocation and garbage collection is a very solved problem unless you are doing highly performant work. We make websites and mobile apps. Get it?
Yes, there is definitely a trade–off between speed of development and speed of the resulting program. Rust isn’t right for everyone, especially when speed of development is the prime consideration. Even a mediocre server can handle many thousands of requests per second if the software is efficient, but there are plenty of worthwhile projects out there that don’t see that level of usage. For them, garbage –collected languages are perfect.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Memory allocation and garbage collection is a very solved problem unless you are doing highly performant work. We make websites and mobile apps. Get it?
Yes, there is definitely a trade–off between speed of development and speed of the resulting program. Rust isn’t right for everyone, especially when speed of development is the prime consideration. Even a mediocre server can handle many thousands of requests per second if the software is efficient, but there are plenty of worthwhile projects out there that don’t see that level of usage. For them, garbage –collected l…
But what is it that I am fighting against here? Why is my tone a certain way? These people are literally trying to build websites in Rust. Acolytes, cultists.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#85Finally I can browse Reddit without VPN!
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, there is definitely a trade–off between speed of development and speed of the resulting program. Rust isn’t right for everyone, especially when speed of development is the prime consideration. Even a mediocre server can handle many thousands of requests per second if the software is efficient, but there are plenty of worthwhile projects out there that don’t see that level of usage. For them, garbage –collected l…
But what is it that I am fighting against here? Why is my tone a certain way? These people are literally trying to build websites in Rust. Acolytes, cultists.
What’s wrong with that? Rust is great for writing websites. People may choose to make different tradeoffs than you.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
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It's a useful signal though right? This being written in Rust tells me it's probably going to be fast/lightweight. Go would be a similar expectation. If it's written in Rails I'd have different expectations. Python or Node might fall somewhere in the middle. This project is a webserver you can host yourself, so having an idea of the resources required is very helpful.
> This being written in Rust tells me it's probably going to be fast/lightweight. Go would be a similar expectation. If it's written in Rails I'd have different expectations. Python or Node might fall somewhere in the middle. Which is exactly why the language doesn't matter. It being written in rust doesn't tell you anything, and serves only to evoke some predisposition you have for rust. There's nothing in rust that…
That's why it matters that it's also open source.
It's similar to Big-O notation, seeing that it's in Rust gives me an idea of performance profile to expect. If it's a Rails project I know that the best case scenario is fairly resource intensive, no matter how good the code is. If it's Rust then I know that for an average quality open source project it will be lower resource usage. If a project ends up being terribly inefficient after that, I'll drop it regardless of what stack it's in.
Knowing what tech stack something uses is a valuable first signal.