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A Sad Day For Rust

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    HoolaBoola
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    As a newbie Rust developer, I hadn't really even heard about actix-web, let alone the heated debate concerning it. However, I'm still a bit sad that something like this ended up happening. I hope...

    As a newbie Rust developer, I hadn't really even heard about actix-web, let alone the heated debate concerning it. However, I'm still a bit sad that something like this ended up happening. I hope the developer returns to developing open source some day

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    1. aphoenix
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      If I had to guess, I'd wager that he will not. The cycle of releasing an open source project all too frequently goes like this: get excited about something and write some code for it release the...

      I hope the developer returns to developing open source some day

      If I had to guess, I'd wager that he will not. The cycle of releasing an open source project all too frequently goes like this:

      • get excited about something and write some code for it
      • release the source
      • work to fix the issues that people bring up, merge pull requests, be engaged
      • ignore the trolls
      • some flashpoint that consists of a non-trivial amount of angry people about something you no longer have time to fix quickly
      • personal attacks
      • personal attacks ++
      • personal attacks all the way down
      • close the fucking project and forget about it

      Don't get me wrong, I love Open Source, but there are just too many assholes.

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  2. HoolaBoola
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    The repo is back up with a different maintainer!

    The repo is back up with a different maintainer!

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  3. skybrian
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    Setting expectations is really important, particularly when you make unusual choices. If the project's home page had said that they aim to build the fastest web framework, not necessarily the...

    Setting expectations is really important, particularly when you make unusual choices. If the project's home page had said that they aim to build the fastest web framework, not necessarily the safest one, then it would attract users who are okay with that and there wouldn't be much to complain about.

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    1. spit-evil-olive-tips
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      This sounds interesting, could you elaborate? I don't follow Rust terribly closely so I hadn't heard about this before.

      Personally, I was less than impressed by Actix when I realized its high benchmark values were partly due to clevereness in the benchmark code, something which you wouldn't normally do in application code.

      This sounds interesting, could you elaborate? I don't follow Rust terribly closely so I hadn't heard about this before.

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    HoolaBoola
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    I assume those tags were created automatically? I totally forgot to add them myself :D I'm actually a bit impressed by them, pretty accurate for what I assume was automatic.

    I assume those tags were created automatically? I totally forgot to add them myself :D

    I'm actually a bit impressed by them, pretty accurate for what I assume was automatic.

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      1. HoolaBoola
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        Ah, thanks for the tags, then! And for explaining this, apparently there's a bunch of stuff I did not know about Tildes :D

        Ah, thanks for the tags, then! And for explaining this, apparently there's a bunch of stuff I did not know about Tildes :D

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