Re:From Erlang to Lunatic
by jayy-lmao on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:30PM
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I’ve got to disagree a little.
Revealing my bias: I’m a former TS full stack who now works full time in a company that uses Rust on the backend (not my choice). I’ve done so for over a year now.
I find it’s a bit like C# in some ways, especially it’s ability to scale the codebase. Code navigation is incredibly clear and the libraries have been great. The experience of using async-graphql and sqlx is unbelievably intuitive.
For the bad: the compilation times can still be a little slow (especially in CI). This sometimes makes dev a just slightly awkward.
I’ve had to contribute to a couple of libraries we depend on because they are still quite young, and we’ve had to move web framework once. Hiring might also be a slight challenge.
I’m not sure if I’d necessarily pick it again if I was to choose for a small business again - but frankly using it has still been a pleasure and the ecosystem is only feeling better.
I find it’s a bit like C# in some ways, especially it’s ability to scale the codebase. Code navigation is incredibly clear and the libraries have been great. The experience of using async-graphql and sqlx is unbelievably intuitive.
For the bad: the compilation times can still be a little slow (especially in CI). This sometimes makes dev a just slightly awkward. I’ve had to contribute to a couple of libraries we depend on because they are still quite young, and we’ve had to move web framework once. Hiring might also be a slight challenge.
I’m not sure if I’d necessarily pick it again if I was to choose for a small business again - but frankly using it has still been a pleasure and the ecosystem is only feeling better.