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I hear AI is very good at rewrites. At the very least, it will help us find what is missing! Give it a shot and tell me how it goes.

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NaNdi @nandi.uk · 17/07/2026

I do want static output, but it isn't on the immediate (read; next 2 weeks) roadmap.

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I REALLY like that I have server controlled reactivity without the need to build wasm. People will underestimate what an amazing thing that is.

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Try it out and share your feedback!

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Try it out and share your feedback!

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Right, it looks cool. I'm just not sure it is relevant to Topcoat. Topcoat isn't for building APIs.

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What is dropshot's API traits?

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It is definitely full-stack and will keep heading that way. There will be tighter integration with Toasty, for example.

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We definitely looked at Leptos, and it is a great framework. Topcoat takes a completely different approach using server-side rendering only. There are pros/cons to both, and you should pick the option best suited to the problem at hand.

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Noah Kennedy @nomaxx117.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Axum is great for building HTTP endpoints. You should keep using it. Topcoat is not that, it is full-stack. It would even make sense to use both at the same time in the same process.

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About a month ago I gave a talk at Tokioconf on what shared-nothing and work-stealing are, and how migrating our stack from nginx+lua to rust and tokio massively improved our performance ...because of work-stealing! check it out the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QN3...

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TokioConf 2026 - From NGINX to Tokio: Lessons from rewriting a 55 million RPS system by Noah Kennedy

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TokioConf @tokioconf.com · 01/06/2026

The TokioConf 2026 talks are now available on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis.... Also, TokioConf 2027 will be April 26 & 27, 2027 in Portland, OR. Save the date!

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TokioConf 2026 - YouTube

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Sean Klein @smklein.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

my futurelock talk from #tokioconf is up! check it out, enjoy the story of a nightmare bug we saw at @oxide.computer

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TokioConf 2026 - Futurelock And You by Sean Klein

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Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 29/05/2026

A big Toasty release (async ORM for Rust)! The relation declaration API improved, added support for multi-step relations, update! macro with ops like increment / add / push, and support for Turso. github.com/tokio-rs/toa... .

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Release Toasty v0.7.0 · tokio-rs/toasty

Highlights Relations are now plain fields, with eager loading by default. The HasMany, HasOne, and BelongsTo wrapper types are gone. A relation field is just its target type, and whether you wrap i...

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Blocking is fine. Name calling is not. Using an LLM does not make one a horrible human being.

You can take that position, and I respect it. You can disagree with the moral/ethical choices of those that choose to use LLMs. You can choose not to associate with them either. I draw the line at personal attacks. Using an LLM isn't "fascist". It also doesn't make you a horrible human being.

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Also, technical disagreements re: using LLMs is fine. Even ethical disagreements, but attacking *others* for not sharing your opinions is not OK here. It's the same as ethical veganism. It is a fine position, but attacking people who choose to eat meat is not OK.

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It's probably too late to get an "I use LLMs" t-shirt...

Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 16/05/2026

This is also why I'm being so open with my use of LLMs in the public #rustlang spheres and I will keep doing so. I have the ability (built up my thick skin over the years) and reputation to disregard the attackers, but many others don't.

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Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 16/05/2026

This undercurrent within the #rustlang community (and others) has to stop. The attacks on people simply because they are using developer tools that make them productive is 100% out of line. I can respect the anti-LLM arguments, but let's agree to disagree, respect each other as humans, and move on.

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Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 16/05/2026

I posted a bit about how I use LLM tools to boost productivity with a "complex Rust library" here: reddit.com/r/rust/comme.... If I motivate myself to do os, I will write some blog posts about my work flow.

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Ha! Why did you migrate? Use what works. Toasty is still early on in development. I'm building out features quickly and the API is evolving. If you want stability and boring, Toasty isn't that yet. I would love feedback from real users though. So if you want to, give it a shot.

I wrote a bit more about the release here: tokio.rs/blog/2026-05...

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I will say that I am glad Bun is not a project I have to maintain though, I wouldn't have had the guts to switch languages so quickly.

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If Bun, post RiiR merge has worse stability than before, then yeah, it was merged too early.

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I do know that long lived forks are a recipe for failure and if I had to port a large project from one language to another, I would also try to make the port as mechanical as possible, then iterate from there.

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Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 14/05/2026

I think the crucial questions are a) is it *worse* than it was before, safety wise b) how will correctness trend over time starting from now.

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Got my new hat in time for Rust Week. See you there.

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Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 14/05/2026

Released Toasty v0.6 (ORM for Rust). Highlights include `#[deferred]` to avoid having to load all fields all the time, `.select(...)` specify exactly which fields you want, and support for `Vec` fields, which is the start towards full "document" modeling. github.com/tokio-rs/toa...

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Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 14/05/2026

I don't have anything to add to the Bun/Rust rewrite, except I notice that the post hasn't been removed from /r/rust as "not 100% human written" yet. Interesting... (not at all holding a grudge 😅)

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Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 12/05/2026

I can too, the answer is: YES! (kidding). Nicholas is great, so reach out to him if you need help with Rust.

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Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 11/05/2026

Always fun when you come across someone who insists the only way to write reliable software is with a set of capabilities that happens to match what the Erlang VM provides. I guess everyone else is wrong.

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Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 10/05/2026

Oh snap. Somehow I missed routines. I'll give that a shot

I’m trying to keep it easy and robust. Where should the Claude process run?

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What is the easiest way to set up automated AI agents (ideally Claude Code) that can react to GitHub events and submit PRs? For example, I want to auto-generate doc PRs for new functionality. GitHub Actions isn't ideal because CI doesn't trigger for PRs submitted from an action.

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The most surprising thing to me is the Rust port compiles faster than the Zig repo. I thought Zig focused on compilation speed. Does someone know why this would be? xunroll.com/thread/20530...

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Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 08/05/2026

Being old means I'm excited for Friday night because nobody else will be swimming laps at the pool, and it will be quiet.

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Gotta book stuff for my upcoming trip to Europe. But first, I need to warm up my finger for the "accept all cookies" click marathon.

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Carl Lerche @carllerche.com · 06/05/2026

So, it is cheaper to fly PDX -> AMS -> CPH -> AMS than to fly PDX -> AMS, even though the first option takes the exact same flight.