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by rochacbruno 599 days ago
I first posted without mentioning "marmite" neither "Rust", then a friend reminded me that both things would engage. People are very triggered by those words.
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As someone who both loves marmite and is currently learning Rust I was unable to resist clicking.
And it worked. Congrats for reaching Front Page, Bruno!
You forgot the "blazing fast" part; that drives them bonkers LOL!
Blazing Fast New Project Written in Rust (it's a SSG btw)
> Go programmers are very triggered by those words.

FTFY

Huh? Why would that be the case?
People post "Something Written in Go" all the time and no-one complains about the title, every rust post that includes that gets complaints.
Well that's sadly true, I am hopeful they'll grow up one day but who knows, there are people on HN who love their prejudice as much as they love their kids, it seems.