Disk usage of the target directory is a commonly cited annoyance with Rust (and Cargo) – in the last year’s Annual Survey, it was the third most pressing issue of Rust users, right after slow compilation1 and subpar debugging experience. Given the “build everything from source” compilation model of Rust, and both debuginfo and incremental compilation being enabled by default in the dev Cargo profile, it is unlikely that the target directory will ever become lean and small. However, th...| Kobzol’s blog
Recently I encountered a bug so cute that I immediately knew that I will want to share it on my blog. It was one of those bugs that even Rust can’t save you from. It occurred in HyperQueue (HQ), a distributed task scheduler written in Rust that I work on.| Kobzol’s blog