It's possible to set compiler flags to optimize for size. That said, I've also seen large binaries, and monomorphization can contribute to that. Some projects a

It's possible to set compiler flags to optimize for size. That said, I've also seen large binaries, and monomorphization can contribute to that. Some projects are taking that more seriously, for example miniserde is designed to explicitly minimize monomorphization and this improve both code size and compile time.