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Re:Rust Dependencies Scare Me by kion on Friday May 09, 2025 @05:18PM (#43940959)
LTO only gets you so far, but IMO its more kicking the can down the road.

The analogy I use is cooking a huge dinner, then throwing out everything but the one side dish you wanted. If you want just the side-dish you should be able to cook just the side-dish.

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Re:Rust Dependencies Scare Me by floating-io on Friday May 09, 2025 @05:59PM (#43941309)
I see it more as having a sizable array of ingredients in the pantry, and using only what you need or want for a given meal.
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Re:Rust Dependencies Scare Me by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Friday May 09, 2025 @05:24PM (#43941017)
Then another group of armchair programmers will bitch you out for using small dependencies

I just don't listen. Things should be easy. Rust is easy. Don't overthink it

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Re:Rust Dependencies Scare Me by bigiain on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:16PM (#43942479)
Some of that group of armchair programmers remember when npm drama and leftpad.js broke a noticeable portion of the internet.

Sure, don't overthink it. But underthinking it is seriously problematic too.

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