Using Rust at a startup will almost certainly involve a nontrivial productivity hit that could be a major factor if you are trying to move fast. With Rust, one needs to learn entirely new ideas — things like lifetimes, ownership, and the borrow checker. Rust has a huge learning curve, even for experienced programmers.
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Using Rust at a startup: A cautionary taleRust has a huge learning curve.There are other ways to fix the problems that Rust is trying to solve.You will have a hard time hiring Rust developers.Libraries and documentation are immature.Rust makes roughing out new features very hard.What is Rust good at?1 Comment
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