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Stories by steveklabnik

I see a future in jj (steveklabnik.com)
L 184 pts 124 comments by steveklabnik Oct 22, 2025 vcs Programming (General) thread
I am disappointed in the AI discourse (steveklabnik.com)
L 164 pts 285 comments by steveklabnik May 28, 2025 culturevibecoding AI / Machine LearningCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Yeah I know this place is generally super anti-AI. But I figured it's dishonest to not also post it here. I'd love to see more nuanced posts on this topic here.
When should I use String vs &str? (steveklabnik.com)
L 121 pts 43 comments by steveklabnik Oct 16, 2024 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
A Happy Day for Rust (steveklabnik.com)
L 107 pts 8 comments by steveklabnik Mar 5, 2025 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Ferrous Systems Donates Ferrocene Language Specification to Rust Project (rustfoundation.org)
L 103 pts 24 comments by steveklabnik Mar 26, 2025 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
rv, a new kind of Ruby management tool (andre.arko.net)
L 82 pts 30 comments by steveklabnik Aug 26, 2025 ruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryProductivity / Career / Business thread
Is Rust faster than C? (steveklabnik.com)
L 81 pts 53 comments by steveklabnik Jun 9, 2025 cperformancerust Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Using LLMs at Oxide (rfd.shared.oxide.computer)
L 79 pts 84 comments by steveklabnik Dec 7, 2025 vibecoding AI / Machine Learning thread
Rust 1.0 is here! (blog.rust-lang.org)
L 79 pts 5 comments by steveklabnik May 15, 2015 programmingrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Thirteen years of Rust and the birth of Rue (steveklabnik.com)
L 76 pts 20 comments by steveklabnik Dec 21, 2025 pltvibecoding AI / Machine LearningSystems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Where It's at:// (overreacted.io)
L 64 pts 21 comments by steveklabnik Oct 2, 2025 apidistributedweb Web DevelopmentProgramming (General)Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Does unsafe undermine Rust's guarantees? (steveklabnik.com)
L 62 pts 26 comments by steveklabnik Mar 19, 2025 compscipltrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Hey folks, I don't normally write about more CS-y kinds of things, but I wanted to in this post. I'm pretty sure I did an okay job of representing these ideas to a broader audience, but given that I only got a BS in CS, I may have done less than an okay job. Feedback very welcome.
A tale of two Claudes (steveklabnik.com)
L 58 pts 46 comments by steveklabnik Jun 10, 2025 vibecoding AI / Machine Learning thread
Carefully But Purposefully Oxidising Ubuntu (jnsgr.uk)
L 58 pts 11 comments by steveklabnik Mar 12, 2025 linuxrust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
why i think jj-vcs is worth your time (schpet.com)
L 54 pts 52 comments by steveklabnik Dec 9, 2025 vcs Programming (General) thread
Dear Marc Andreessen (al3x.net)
L 53 pts 8 comments by steveklabnik Jun 18, 2014 culturefinanceperson Productivity / Career / BusinessCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Shape of Errors to come (blog.rust-lang.org)
L 49 pts 0 comments by steveklabnik Aug 10, 2016 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Rust is switching to a new error format, heavily inspired by Elm.
Introducing MIR (blog.rust-lang.org)
L 48 pts 3 comments by steveklabnik Apr 27, 2016 compilersrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
The author of Mythryl has terminal cancer (mythryl.org)
L 46 pts 7 comments by steveklabnik Oct 20, 2015 personprogramming Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Eve version 0 (chris-granger.com)
L 46 pts 10 comments by steveklabnik Aug 17, 2015 programming Programming (General) thread
Personal Time != Company Time (exceptionnotfound.net)
L 45 pts 21 comments by steveklabnik Apr 16, 2015 culture Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Rust 1.0.0 beta is here! (blog.rust-lang.org)
L 45 pts 6 comments by steveklabnik Apr 3, 2015 programmingrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Fearless Concurrency with Rust (blog.rust-lang.org)
L 44 pts 0 comments by steveklabnik Apr 10, 2015 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Jujutsu at Google (youtube.com)
L 40 pts 2 comments by steveklabnik Oct 30, 2025 vcsvideo Programming (General) thread
Thinking like a compiler: places and values in Rust (steveklabnik.com)
L 40 pts 9 comments by steveklabnik Apr 7, 2025 pltrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Zero-cost futures in Rust (aturon.github.io)
L 40 pts 27 comments by steveklabnik Aug 11, 2016 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Annoucing Rust 1.0.0 Alpha (blog.rust-lang.org)
L 40 pts 5 comments by steveklabnik Jan 9, 2015 programmingrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Quitting Open Source (ryanbigg.com)
L 39 pts 41 comments by steveklabnik Nov 16, 2015 culture Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Announcing Rust 1.2 (blog.rust-lang.org)
L 39 pts 5 comments by steveklabnik Aug 7, 2015 programmingrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Rust has a brand new FAQ (rust-lang.org)
L 38 pts 7 comments by steveklabnik Jan 14, 2016 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread