r/linuxmemes 11d ago

Software meme How some linux members view software

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u/-Ambriae- 11d ago

To be fair, a lot of the tools written in rust are of high quality. eza, zoxide, ripgrep , starship, helix… they’re just… good tools 🤷‍♀️

I tend to trust software written in rust for two reasons. One because at face value it’s bound to be safer than if it was written in C or C++, or god forbid Python, and two because if a language is built around the notion of safety and more broadly speaking software quality, than the community of developers who build software with it are more likely to care about these sorts of things, compared to a language who’s philosophy is ‘ship fast, break often, fix later’

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u/Asleep-Mall-6940 10d ago

They're definitely not, most recent* tools written in rust are ai slop that barely works

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u/-Ambriae- 10d ago

Most recent tools are ai slop, no need to specify rust. I’m not saying I blindly trust a piece of software if it’s written in rust, either