Re:Ladybird Browser adopts Rust
by einpoklum on Monday February 23, 2026 @04:05PM
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> Coding assistants are also really great at porting from one language to the other
No, they are quite terrible at doing that.
They may (I guess?) produce code that compiles, but they will, almost certainly not produce the appropriate combination of idioms and custom abstractions that may the code "at home" in the target language.
PS - Please fix your blockquote... HN ignores single linebreaks, so you have to either using pairs of them, or possibly go with italicization of the quoted text.
No, they are quite terrible at doing that.
They may (I guess?) produce code that compiles, but they will, almost certainly not produce the appropriate combination of idioms and custom abstractions that may the code "at home" in the target language.
PS - Please fix your blockquote... HN ignores single linebreaks, so you have to either using pairs of them, or possibly go with italicization of the quoted text.