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01HNNWZ0MV43FF on May 9, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rust’s dependencies are starting to worry me

Then another group of armchair programmers will bitch you out for using small dependencies

I just don't listen. Things should be easy. Rust is easy. Don't overthink it

bigiain on May 10, 2025 [–]

Some of that group of armchair programmers remember when npm drama and leftpad.js broke a noticeable portion of the internet.

Sure, don't overthink it. But underthinking it is seriously problematic too.

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