"Why learn Rust when you can write C++ and ask Claude for bugs?" dev joke sparks debate
wordgrammer · x · 2026-10-12
Developer wordgrammer joked: why bother with Rust when you can write C++ and ask Claude if it has bugs? The post quotes a popular thread listing 12 career paths unlocked by Rust (Axum backends, Tokio distributed systems, WebAssembly, Tauri desktop apps, Bevy games, embedded, Linux kernel, and more), sparking debate about whether memory-safe languages still matter in the AI era.
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