Founder wants to rewrite entire backend in Rust using vibe coding

75 points just_looking_aroun

OP should be grateful for the opportunity to work with such a Holy language

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19 points Vallereya

first HolyC when HolyRust

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15 points RidderHaddock

I'm holying out for HolyF###

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10 points KTAXY

F# exists so it is only matter of time.

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10 points s_ngularity

I’ll be convinced we have AGI when it can get schizophrenia and construct a digital operating system temple to God

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45 points ElectrocutedNeurons

/uj at my work someone presented a vibe-coded Rust service full of Java factory patterns /uj

vibecoding in Rust is the correct decision since you cannot make mistakes in Rust

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11 points levelstar01

So you work at Google?

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8 points das_war_ein_Befehl

LLMs are famously good at rust

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38 points enchufadoo

Rust and Axum are great and will definitely fix any performance issues

Vibe commenting

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27 points al2o3cr

Future of their effort:

LLM: All done!

rustc: I̷̡̝̮͈̖̭̖͐̏A̸̧̼͘ ̵͚̰̐͛̑͛́́͠Ĩ̶͍̬̖̣̞͔̈́̆A̵̫̱̤̬͙̙̿̏̚ ̵͚̩̜͆C̵̗̃̽́̐͒T̸͚̀͆̑͝H̷̖͓͕͚͙̏͐̋̒̚͜͝Ụ̵̬̜̊Ļ̷̢͓̠̓̍͆͘Ĥ̴̨̛̝̲̏̾͆Ǘ̵̹̼̇́͂̓̾͠ ̶̨̪̝͖͓̙̝̀̒͆̉F̵̡̭͉̤̈̊̇̊̇̈H̷̝́́T̶̖̒̂̀̔A̴̘̠̲̻͖͉̕͜G̸̹͗̒̀N̵̜̳̺̍̎͝

LLM: You're exactly right!

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18 points Arneb1729

Meanwhile in C++

LLM: All done!
g++: In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.6/algorithm:63:0...
LLM: Not enough tokens available to send the assistant message and the user message.

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3 points is220a

/uj Now it just occurs to me that I've run into many real C++ compilation errors that would overflow even the biggest LLM context windows of today, and that the actual useful information is right at the top, I suddenly feel serious respect for Stroustrup for the first time in my life.

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7 points GasterIHardlyKnowHer

Getting your balls hammered stops being a virtue when you're also making the hammer.

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16 points shroom_elemental

A lot of questions for an ExperiencedDev

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6 points tkrjobs

I can't imagine people being so stupid. And to find out that that founder in question is my employer? Tsk tsk tsk

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3 points FlannelTechnical

Fuck it. Just do it.

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