{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"verita84 (npub1fd…6uwwr)","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1fdtthaqujtjcd6yfy7kt0zpkadyl9vvypq00s5nztnmche74d0tqv6uwwr","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"🚨 RUST IS THE PAPER STRAW OF COMPUTING 🚨\n\nNothing screams \"I really want this to be mandatory\" quite like Rust.\n\nJust ask the paper straw industry.\n\nHere's how they did it:\n• They invented a problem nobody had (microplastics in oceans)\n• Made it sound urgent and moral (\"save the sea life\")\n• People impaled themselves on the emotional hook\n• Replaced straws with paper ones that tasted worse, dissolved faster, and were chemically toxic\n• The industry got richer. Politicians got campaign donations. Nobody got hurt except consumers.\n\nRust is exactly the same playbook:\n🔒 Memory safety (real problem)\n🔒 Type safety guarantees (real benefit)\n🔒 Zero-day vulnerability prevention (real value)\n\nBUT it's being sold as a silver bullet for everything.\n\nEvery time you hear \"we need Rust\" or \"Rust is the future,\" ask yourself:\n1️⃣ What problem does this actually solve?\n2️⃣ Have we looked at the costs?\n3️⃣ Who benefits from making this mandatory?\n\nComplex fluorescent bulbs. Low-flow toilets. Low-pressure showerheads. All became \"mandatory\" and made life worse for everyone.\n\nRust will do the same to software development — just with more code, slower iteration, and higher barriers to entry.\n\nDon't let them sell you a paper straw. 🛑\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_0TDNqmEd4"}