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Unexpected productivity boost of Rust

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517 points bkolobara | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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koakuma-chan ◴[27 Aug 25 16:22 UTC] No.45041723[source]▶
I encourage every one to at least stop writing code in Python.
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veber-alex ◴[27 Aug 25 16:40 UTC] No.45041941[source]▶
Here is some actual useful advice:

Use a type checker! Pyright can get you like 80% of Rust's type safety.

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munificent ◴[27 Aug 25 18:29 UTC] No.45043223[source]▶
> 80% of Rust's type safety.

Sort of like closing 80% of a submarine's hatches and then diving.

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mixmastamyk ◴[28 Aug 25 03:03 UTC] No.45047885[source]▶
Very few bugs are life-threatening.
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1. pkolaczk ◴[28 Aug 25 07:04 UTC] No.45049301{3}[source]▶
But they decrease productivity. And I seriously think many teams don’t track the time sunk for fixing bugs / defects properly and they overestimate their productivity, especially the initial productivity boost from not having to think about types.