LPThinker
@LPThinker@lemmy.world
Person interested in programming, languages, culture, and human flourishing.
- Comment on Linux royalty backs adoption of Rust for kernel code 1 month ago:
- There was a serious lack of current kernel developers (which I don’t think there is)
Maybe not at the moment, but my understanding is that the pool of qualified C programmers is shrinking rapidly, because the old guard is all ageing out and there simply are not enough intermediate developers coding in C at the level that Kernel development requires.
Having a larger (and growing) pool of upcoming developers interested in systems programming and software excellence is one of the explicit stated reasons that Linus et al. considered Rust in the first place.
- Comment on "What Is Your Dream for Mozilla" - Mozilla is doing a survey, questions include "What is most important to you right now about technology and the internet?" 5 months ago:
Thankfully, development of Servo has been revived, and it’s now fully independent of Mozilla. I believe it’s now being stewarded by the Linux Foundation of Europe, with a lot of contributions from Igalia.
- Comment on "What Is Your Dream for Mozilla" - Mozilla is doing a survey, questions include "What is most important to you right now about technology and the internet?" 5 months ago:
The fact that there’s no option to express my anger over the environmental cost of AI is infuriating. There is no responsible or positive use of AI when it’s accelerating the destruction of our climate.
- Comment on Apple Removes Ability to Run Unsigned Apps in macOS 15.1 5 months ago:
I have stopped giving Apple my money, for this among other reasons. I have to say, though, that Asahi Linux makes a compelling case for repurposing their hardware for better use.
- Comment on Rustls Outperforms OpenSSL and BoringSSL. 5 months ago:
I’ve heard it as a word, “Rustles”. Not sure how canonical that is though.