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eta.st
Personal blog · theta.eu.orgprogrammingsecurity
eta.st is a personal blog at theta.eu.org about programming and security. Since 2018, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Why asynchronous Rust doesn't work”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this blog's posts on problems with async Rust, including the function-colouring debate, as support for their own points. The comments do not judge the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Why asynchronous Rust doesn't work5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2021-03-10
- On zealotry2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-03-03
What Hacker News says?
I do hope they adopt one solution or the other. Rust for me seems incomplete because of this. Another issue I have with it is perfectly described in this article: https://theta.eu.org/2021/03/08/async-rust-2.html
Comment linking /2021/03/08/async-rust-2.html
on “Inheritance was invented as a performance hack”Submitted Why asynchronous Rust doesn't work as a story · 603 points
HN discussionAll new languages are extremely important innovations until they age a bit and get severe warts. Rust is already getting them. See: https://theta.eu.org/2021/03/08/async-rust-2.html Rust is already getting foot-guns like C++ did. Modern C++ (>C++17) with RAII and neat libraries is already an elegant, high performance and high-productivity language with good IDE/editor support. And its not like C++ is standing still.…
Comment linking /2021/03/08/async-rust-2.html
on “Linus Torvalds on where Rust will fit into Linux”Submitted Thoughts on improving chat systems as a story · 6 points
HN discussionThis is bullshit because of this article:[ https://theta.eu.org/2021/03/08/async-rust-2.html ]. Everyone is aware of the problems of async. What we need is solutions and not those stories to distract. We want profound changes. Automatically translated.
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on “Building a shared vision for Async Rust”Submitted Getting PIV-based SSH working on a YubiKey as a story · 4 points
HN discussionBecause miraculously once a comment section about async Rust is big enough, some people always start throwing around the coloring argument, and I'm getting tired of explaining why this doesn't apply to Rust, and thought I'd write something I can refer to in the future. In particular this was prompted by the article from yesterday[0], that in its opening paragraph blindly asserts that the coloring problems apply to R…
Comment linking /2021/03/08/async-rust-2.html
on “Rust’s async isn’t colored”Submitted On zealotry as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted On zealotry as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A guide to STM32F103 microcontrollers – part 1 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Data retention as a story · 1 points
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