> Rust makes enormous binaries Rust binaries are optimized to be fast (by default, fast != small), this [0] explains pretty well why, and min-sized also has ma

> Rust makes enormous binaries Rust binaries are optimized to be fast (by default, fast != small), this [0] explains pretty well why, and min-sized also has many optimizations [1]. > and compiles slow You can have a very slow compiler with all the optimizations and safety checks, or a fast one which doesn't. This however doesn't mean there is no room for improvement. One thing that can definitely improved on is how cargo manages dependencies, I am tired of each of my project's /target directory using >2GB of disk space, there at least should be some kind of opt-in global cache. I am also worried about dependencies going in the same direction as the JS ecosystem, many of my projects only have 3-5 top level dependencies, but I end up downloading hundreds. A few are only compile-time, but this makes auditing very difficult and does make compile times a lot longer. [0]: https://lifthrasiir.github.io/rustlog/why-is-a-rust-executable-large.html https://lifthrasiir.github.io/rustlog/why-is-a-rust-executab... [1]: https://github.com/johnthagen/min-sized-rust https://github.com/johnthagen/min-sized-rust