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by rr808 28 days ago
One reason I like Go is the fast compile. Rust really slows you down. Esp in days of AI when agents are building/testing in cycles.
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How large are your rust projects?

I am able to write rust on a moto g power (a cheap android smartphone) inside of termux, running on battery, in battery saver mode, and cached compile times for every single one of my projects is under 5s easily, if not faster. Fast enough that I don't notice it at all.

Even a "cold" compile was under 1 minute for me, and I have a decent amount of deps.

I guess my projects are fairly small compared to others though so idk.