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Embedded Rust in Production?

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205 points michidk | 2 comments | 14 Oct 24 06:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | source
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skwee357 ◴[14 Oct 24 08:59 UTC] No.41835625[source]▶
As someone who is using Rust in production for a year now [0], albeit in a different industry -- webdev, I really like the language. Sure, the first steps were rough, but eventually DX became decent, and the safety guarantees of Rust allow me to have a safe mind when developing and deploying (something I can't say about other popular dynamic languages).

Having said that, I agree with one of the commenters in this thread: Rust is essentially a solution looking for a problem. It is a great language, but it fails to find its niche. Rust developers are nowhere to be found, companies are not hiring Rust developers (except if you want to work in crypto).

[0]https://yieldcode.blog/post/one-year-of-rust-in-production/

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kalaksi ◴[14 Oct 24 09:29 UTC] No.41835802[source]▶
I think it solves many problems regarding safety in lower level languages and with some great language features, so I can't really understand your take. Sure, C++ is more established with the benefits that entails, but that's not because of the language.
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1. skwee357 ◴[14 Oct 24 09:32 UTC] No.41835813[source]▶
I don't disagree with you. My comment was merely to agree with another commenter who said that there is a catch-22: Rust developers can't find jobs, while companies who are looking for Rust developers can't find candidates, because Rust can't really find its place in the industry outside the crypto world.
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2. kalaksi ◴[14 Oct 24 09:51 UTC] No.41835915[source]▶
Ah, right! I think rust will find more use but it takes time. Many existing technologies and languages are probably good enough for most suitable projects with historical baggage. Maybe crypto industry is just in a good position to try new, safer languages for new projects, who knows.

Nowadays, Linux kernel also has some drivers written in rust so I'm hopeful.