It's getting more and more unhinged on LinkedIn.
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
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Anti-Rust crusaders: "C is easy actually and Rust is pointlessly annoying and hard to learn"
Also anti-Rust crusaders:
Disclaimer: the damn screenshot just won't load for me, so this is just a personal rant
Rust crusaders: it forces you to write good and safe code! This is superior to other languages!
Me: fucking fuck off, will ya. I need to become competent enough to write good and safe code (meaning think about problems before they happen), not some fucking kindergarten. Rust may be a good language, but the above argument sucks so very much
The screenshot is a conspiracy-laden ramble about how Rust is being introduced to lower the pay of systems-level SWEs by allowing companies to hire younger people, for the record.
Thank you, kind soul.
He. As if language is something that a dev doing systems-level architecture can't pick up as the need arises. I did have a good laugh