Ruff author: agent-written Rust code can badly distort and slow builds

Ruff author Charlie Marsh reports from an agent-driven Rust fork that recompile time is a misleading metric: agent-generated code can bloat binaries, slow tests, and overall dev loops, with costs depending on OS and where edits land.

2026-10-28 ~ 2026-10-28 · 4 related posts

• Ruff author: 'time to recompile' is a lossy metric when judging agent-driven Rust refactors — charliermarsh · 2026-10-28
• Ruff author: agent-generated Rust can yield much larger binaries and much slower tests — charliermarsh · 2026-10-28
• Ruff author: edit type matters — function body vs signature, private vs public — charliermarsh · 2026-10-28

1 near-duplicate retellings: charliermarsh