Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (2020)

Their blog doesn't list all articles on a single page (so you could ctrl-f) and doesn't have its own search and doesn't have it's own domain (so googleing `site:discord.com rust` returns a mix of Discord communities and blog posts).

Makes it pretty hard to find stuff!

Re: Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (2020)

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Post by ajot » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 8:17 PM UTC

eatonphil wrote: post #5

phendrenad2 wrote: post #2

(2020) (Anyone know if they're still using Rust?)

Their blog doesn't list all articles on a single page (so you could ctrl-f) and doesn't have its own search and doesn't have it's own domain (so googleing `site:discord.com rust` returns a mix of Discord communities and blog posts). Makes it pretty hard to find stuff!

You can search "site:discord.com/blog/ rust", it appears to work for me on DuckDuckGo or Google. It seems TFA is the latest article mentioning Rust.

Re: Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (2020)

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Post by pfraze » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 8:17 PM UTC

I’m told the Go GC has gotten better in recent years. Has anybody run a similar program in Go lately that can confirm that?

Re: Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (2020)

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Post by eatonphil » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 8:19 PM UTC

ajot wrote: post #6

eatonphil wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Their blog doesn't list all articles on a single page (so you could ctrl-f) and doesn't have its own search and doesn't have it's own domain (so googleing `site:discord.com rust` returns a mix of Discord communities and blog posts). Makes it pretty hard to find stuff!

You can search "site:discord.com/blog/ rust", it appears to work for me on DuckDuckGo or Google. It seems TFA is the latest article mentioning Rust.

Woah I didn't realize you could filter on paths. I thought `site:` was domain only.

Re: Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (2020)

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Post by erikbye » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 8:22 PM UTC

Not discrediting Rust, but I've noticed you rarely hear "we improved performance" by rewriting our implementation using the same language... Although this, too, can yield similar performance improvements.

Re: Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (2020)

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Post by faitswulff » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 8:23 PM UTC

phendrenad2 wrote: post #2

(2020) (Anyone know if they're still using Rust?)

Looks like they're still hiring for it: https://www.google.com/search?q=rust+site%3Adiscord.com%2Fjo...