feat: ✨ post on why to use Rust for making software#279
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I look forward to getting my hands dirty!
Just some typos.
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Looks good! I mostly have linguistic suggestions and a few other questions/comments.
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I finally did it (sorry for the delay) 😁 Some comments and suggestions:
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Looks good! Only minor, minor suggestions, otherwise approved ✅
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| decision](/why-python/index.qmd) post. More drawbacks have been added that we've | ||
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| decision](/why-python/index.qmd) post. More drawbacks have been added that we've | |
| experienced. | |
| decision](/why-python/index.qmd) post. Below, we've added more drawbacks that we've | |
| experienced when building software (libraries and CLIs) with Python. |
| - Iterating and prototyping can be done much more quickly because of its | ||
| interpreted nature, simple syntax, and dynamic typing (types are | ||
| checked/assigned at runtime) compared to other languages. | ||
| - There is a very active and massive community, with a wide range of extensive |
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| - There is a very active and massive community, with a wide range of extensive | |
| - It has is a very active and massive community with a wide range of extensive |
| distributing software. This ends up leading to different groups building their | ||
| own tools. For example, there are more than a dozen different code linter and | ||
| formatters or up to a dozen different packaging and distribution tools. That | ||
| leads to "analysis paralysis" for just determining which tool to use for any |
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| leads to "analysis paralysis" for just determining which tool to use for any | |
| can lead to "analysis paralysis" just for determining which tool to use for any |
| AI assistants. | ||
| storage resources, which is more sustainable, especially for software that is | ||
| designed to be run often. | ||
| - There is a better developer experience because of the availability of built-in |
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| - The developer experience is better because of the availability of built-in |
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Description
This expands on why to use Rust for building e.g. CLI, web-apps and other "formal" software tools.
Closes #223
Needs a thorough review.
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just run-all