amos“every rust project has a billion dependencies”
oh no they made code composable oh nooooooo should we call someone??
rust has a lot of problems, but let me tell you: “micro libraries” isn’t one
splitting packages per concern is good for build performance, it’s good for review, it’s good for API evolution.
the problems are technical (compiler perf), financial (funding OSS), human etc.
DDR@fasterthanlime Honestly, I've never had a problem with Javascript microlibraries, let alone Rust ones. I've never been a huge consumer of them I guess, but it's always been a solid experience.
fluffy 💜@ddr @fasterthanlime The main issues I've seen with JS microlibraries are:
1. things that should be in the standard library
2. things where the implementation everyone ends up using is pretty shoddy
3. bad governance leading to disasters due to a commonly-used dependency disappearing or becoming a malware source
and yeah none of those are problems with microlibraries themselves.
I've also seen JS devs be very hesitant to update their dependencies leading to a miasma of security issues.