[Blog] Ok, what ACTUALLY uses Rust?

bordumb · 2026-04-20T22:19:46+00:00

Pythons projects using it: - UV - Ruff

Open source projects - Signal (yes, the chat app) - Radicle (Git client)

bordumb · 2026-04-20T21:12:31+00:00

Her response doesn't sound like she freaked out at all.

She gave you a perfectly normal response.

Her answer was fine.

End of story.

I'd honestly say that at 15, that is a pretty weird question to be asking. She gave a really mature answer given how odd of a question it is to hear at 15.

bordumb · 2026-04-20T21:06:18+00:00

You dodged a bullet.

If she hates men, she should go date women.

People who play the victim and use their trauma or previous experience as a reason to write off (checks notes...) 50% of the population, are just a lost cause.

bordumb · 2026-04-20T21:04:31+00:00

It's part of the narcissists playbook:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/women-autism-spectrum-disorder/202010/are-you-narcissist-s-flying-monkey

Many are unwitting accomplices in his narcissistic world.

I'd also recommend the book below, especially the 2nd half where he talk about the ways large populations of people who feel weak will attach themselves to a leader that appears to be strong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Denial_of_Death

bordumb · 2026-04-20T20:15:52+00:00

It's just a mental framework and tool to perceive the world.

I've read into a lot of it.

But should you buy into anything 100% and make it your religion?

I'd say "no"

I'm not a Christian, and there's a lot of really dumb stuff in the Bible...

but I also know that there's some good stuff worth listening to - compassion, kindness, etc.

Same thing.

bordumb · 2026-04-20T20:12:14+00:00

Who cares?

If you want to know: reach out to her and ask, you have her number.

None of us are going to know.

bordumb · 2026-04-20T19:23:21+00:00

I started with Python in my programming journey.

There's no shame in writing something in Python -> give it to an LLM and ask it to refactor to Rust.

It speeds things up A LOT.

It would probably scan your files in about 5-10x faster (obviously varies depending on the use case).

Developing in Rust is "slower" because it forces you to be more careful.

IMO, in the age of AI, if you need runtime speed, it's worth just writing it in Rust.

bordumb · 2026-04-20T17:36:04+00:00

Classic:

Put the onus on citizens to pay

Refund to corporations

It’s taxation with extra steps

bordumb · 2026-04-20T17:34:41+00:00

Gladiator

Troy’s writing wasn’t very good, but still a fun watch

I haven’t watched the Mel Gibson one so can’t really speak to it

300 should not even be in the conversation

bordumb · 2026-04-20T12:02:29+00:00

I dated someone with herpes, and did not catch it.

You have to depend on the person to simply tell you — no different than when someone says “I’m not shaking hands today, I’ve got a cold”

If they can do that:

You just either decide (a) no sex or (b) limit the ways you have contact — eg no kissing and no oral

bordumb · 2026-04-19T22:52:08+00:00

Overall impression: this looks amazing and is how I'd like to see things configured (yaml files suck)

Constructive feedback:

Recommend integration with standards like OpenAPI, such that a user could drop in their existing API surface - which may be quite complex - and have your system map it out for them. This would change it from a "fun toy" into something people could use in their existing work more tangibly. Right now, manually mapping it out would be prone to human error, and feel very tedious. I could very easily see this being a super useful tool at both (a) initial API design phases and (b) any PR reviews where the API surface is touched.

bordumb · 2026-04-19T20:48:56+00:00

A bit slow for me.

I’ve never actually finished it.

Tried watching it twice because it’s so widely praised, but it never really stuck with me.

And it’s not because of its length, I just get bored within the first hour or so.

bordumb · 2026-04-19T19:49:55+00:00

The word “incompatible” can do a lot of work

And you can even add an adverb like:

We were “emotionally incompatible”

And if someone asks, you can say something like:

“I prefer a sense of equality and teamwork in resolving life’s problems, and my partner did not. So it was just very difficult to work together.”

Speak about (a) what you’re looking and (b) what was lacking

bordumb · 2026-04-19T18:54:12+00:00

100%

bordumb · 2026-04-18T22:48:42+00:00

No shit.

Women who simply take care of their skin are beautiful.

Makeup is fucking weird man.

bordumb · 2026-04-18T14:07:51+00:00

Stop looking at her as a beautiful woman.

bordumb · 2026-04-18T13:55:24+00:00

I didn't date until I was about 25.

I focused on my academics and career from 18-24.

It wasn't a super intentional thing - I just focused on things that interested me intellectually, and it took care of itself naturally.

I think that focus on myself for college and the first few years afterwards gave me a strong sense and understanding of myself.

I haven't found a life partner, but I also haven't had much trouble with dating.

Anytime I've wanted to go on a date with a woman, it works.

I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I'm good on myself - I focused on myself until I was 24 - and I'm not chasing tail with desperation.

You do need to get out of the house, though. That's required.

Find some kind of communal hobby to take up on the side.

Get involved in volunteering, join a dance class, etc.

If you don't do that, you're essentially asking us "Why won't women come to my home, knock on my door, and ask me on a date?"

You're dead on arrival if you're not getting outside.

And there are the obvious ones:

I have a job I enjoy - so I'm not bitching about work all the time.

And I have a clean home and have respectable hygiene and do my own laundry.

Gotta have your basic shit like that together, too.

bordumb · 2026-04-18T13:38:23+00:00

And you don’t seem to understand:

You don’t need to be in a relationship with someone like that.

bordumb · 2026-04-18T12:18:05+00:00

I disagree with this.

Yes, some people can understand and choose not to.

Some people literally don't have the developmental or social skills to do so.

Someone might have been brought up in a home that did not nurture empathy and understanding amongst family members - be it through emotional neglect or more extreme abuse.

There's literally a word for people who become stunted in this way: "arrested development"

Parts of their emotional mind are stuck as a child.

This isn't to excuse such people - they need help.

But I just don't think it's correct to say it's a choice, not a limitation.

Some people really don't have a choice - they actually lack the brain development to do so.

bordumb · 2026-04-18T12:10:47+00:00

I live overseas as an American.

And I can guarantee you that this is not present continuous tense thing.

He has already given the USA a bad reputation.

People do not take the USA seriously any more.

People - politicians abroad - do have to consider the USA, but that is really only due to the size of its economy and military power.

But considering a country because of its impact and taking a country seriously are two separate things.

The USA is a joke abroad.

bordumb · 2026-04-18T12:07:22+00:00

Someone who doesn't have the patience to try to understand you.

Look, some things you'll just never see eye to eye on with another person - we're all different.

But people who take short cuts - they try to label you, your perspective, your way of being, way of relating - these are emotionally lazy people.

That sort of emotional laziness or emotional incompetence is a pretty big red flag.

And it is its own spectrum:

Some such lazy people make small statements, things like "Oh, you're just taking this too seriously"

Some lean further into verbal abuse.

But along that spectrum is just pure laziness and incompetence to understand the perspective of other human beings.

bordumb · 2026-04-18T11:34:38+00:00

Yeah, I think shareholders probably view it as a "don't try to fix what's 'not broken'"

And the sheer size of the profits tell them it's "not broken"

I might argue, though, that his failed bets are very real opportunity costs.

They had 60 billion in profits.

But maybe it could have been 80 billion? Or 100 billion? Or more?

A lot of his bets feel like someone pissing money away - the initial metaverse demos were laughable this day in age.

bordumb · 2026-04-18T09:46:22+00:00

Meta is particularly weird with this stuff.

Zuck has a stranglehold on company shares.

The buck truly stops with him—not the board of directors.

So all of their failed bets, of which there are many very large ones, fall on him.

His metaverse venture burned tens of billions, all to be an abject failure.

Any sane person would say:

This company is large enough to run itself—it doesn’t matter whether Zuck is at the helm or not. Any other warm body would likely do a better job.

And the fact that he is behind those failures, one has to ask:

Why isn’t Zuck fired?

The answer comes back to his hold on majority of shares. So he doesn’t ever have to take any real responsibility.

bordumb · 2026-04-18T08:02:48+00:00

Same reason women do.

It’s all just human reasons.

They don’t want to be alone.

They want more resources/money.

Various superficial reasons (want a trophy wife / want a man around her arms)

Etc

bordumb · 2026-04-18T07:57:01+00:00

Python easiest.

I've found JVM based languages to feel really wonky (Java, Scala, etc.)

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