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He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

#1

Post by wallflower » Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 5:02 PM UTC

He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired
medium.com

Re: He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

#2

Post by drewbitt » Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 5:13 PM UTC

The detached, analytical tone (despite this supposedly happening to them), the simple character tropes, and obvious 'deeper message' are clear signs this is just a fable.

Re: He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

#3

Post by khedoros1 » Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 5:52 PM UTC

And the company now has a bus-factor of 1.

Re: He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

#4

Post by Ygg2 » Sat, Jul 19, 2025, 11:58 AM UTC

khedoros1 wrote: post #3

And the company now has a bus-factor of 1.

If it's true.

Re: He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

#5

Post by axpvms » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 7:52 AM UTC

and then the whole company clapped

Re: He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

#6

Post by MonkeyClub » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 7:56 AM UTC

https://archive.is/5Lsle

Re: He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

#7

Post by ccppurcell » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 7:57 AM UTC

axpvms wrote: post #5

and then the whole company clapped

They literally do clap at some point in the story!

Re: He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

#8

Post by zhaohu » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 8:02 AM UTC

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Re: He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

#9

Post by bravesoul2 » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 8:06 AM UTC

Replaced by a health check! Anyway nice LLM drivel with whatever the standard linkedin system message is.

Re: He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

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Post by bravesoul2 » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 8:07 AM UTC

khedoros1 wrote: post #3

And the company now has a bus-factor of 1.

A rust-factor of 1 too