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Is it any good? Why pick this versus other options? I poked around the docs and didn’t find any ecosystem comparison discussion.

• minimaxir 3y ago
  ntex was formed after a schism in actix-web (https://actix.rs https://actix.rs) and Rust safety/unsafety, with ntex allowing more unsafe code for better performance. ntex is at the top of the TechEmpower benchmarks and beats most other Rust frameworks, although those benchmarks are not apples-to-apples since each uses its own tricks to eek out more performance: https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#hw=ph&test=fortune&section=data-r22 https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#hw=ph&test=fortune&s...
• cstrahan 3y ago
  I can't speak to the "is it any good" part, but (after a bit of research) I can share what I've found. I'll try to represent things as best as I understand, but I may have some finer details mixed up. ntex is written by the same person that started actix-web, Nikolay Kim (fafhrd91 on GitHub). There was a bunch of drama a while back due to actix-web using (what many reasoned to be) avoidable unsafe code, which was later found to be buggy. Nikolay was pilloried online, resulting in him transferring leadership of actix-web to someone else. ntex is, as I understand it, essentially Nikolay picking back up on his ideals for what could have been actix-web, if people hadn't pushed him out of his own project. How ntex compares to the pre-/post-leadership change of actix-web, I don't know. Here are some jumping points if you want more of the backstory. https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/21/rust_actix_web_framework_maintainer_quits/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/21/rust_actix_web_framew... https://steveklabnik.com/writing/a-sad-day-for-rust https://steveklabnik.com/writing/a-sad-day-for-rust https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1289 https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1289 https://github.com/fafhrd91/actix-web-postmortem https://github.com/fafhrd91/actix-web-postmortem
  • jitl 3y ago
    Thanks, very helpful context