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Hadn’t heard of SWC, only esbuild. Why did your team choose SWC/rust over esbuild/go? This: https://mobile.twitter.com/rauchg/status/979525321882984448 https://

• leerob 5y ago
  We chose SWC over esbuild for a few reasons: 1. SWC is designed to be extensible. We can use it as a crate with no forks! [1] 2. We love the Rust ecosystem. Stellar community & WASM support. Excellent long-term performance prospects (like total control over memory management). [1]: https://github.com/padmaia/next.js/blob/cf1d081c5b2f55085cebc9509b13c67c4bf34bd1/packages/next/build/swc/src/lib.rs#L40-L46 https://github.com/padmaia/next.js/blob/cf1d081c5b2f55085ceb...
  • wdb 5y ago
    Seems reasonable decision but for me it increases the barrier to contribute. I already learning Go to contribute to some projects
    • leerob 5y ago
      We're planning to try and release learning material around Rust!