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Re:The limits of Rust, or why you should probably not follow... by worik on Thursday May 14, 2026 @03:54PM (#48140345)
> 95% of the ecosystem uses tokio nowadays

The other 5% matters a lot.

> but pretty much all async libraries will work with tokio,

"pretty much" is useful until it's not. When it's not it is a special type of hell

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Re:The limits of Rust, or why you should probably not follow... by ghost_pepper on Thursday May 14, 2026 @05:11PM (#48141320)
I've been writing Rust backend services for years and the 5% has never mattered, I don't even bother checking if things advertise tokio support. Which ones in particular caused you trouble?
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