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Name them, then. I do like Rust, but I've only come across a few "higher profile ish" projects. None were really that important or useful that I actually bothe

Name them, then. I do like Rust, but I've only come across a few "higher profile ish" projects. None were really that important or useful that I actually bothered to remember them.

steveklabnik 2y ago
Companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Cloudflare have millions of lines of Rust code running in production.
- gary_0 2y ago
  Don't forget Microsoft. Windows 11 kernel will soon be booting with Rust inside (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35738829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35738829) Microsoft seeks Rust developers to rewrite core C# code (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39240205 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39240205)
  - steveklabnik 2y ago
    I only left them off because we’re talking about size here, and I don’t know how much code that actually is. I am a Windows user, so I’m quite excited to have Rust in my kernel! But as far as I know it’s just one small bit, with more to come!
lolinder 2y ago
You're replying to Steve Klabnik, co-author of the Rust book [0] and (previously) a core team member for years. If he says it's been used on big projects I'd be inclined to believe him. Note that it's likely that some of the biggest applications aren't public and so even if identified you couldn't actually count the lines yourself. [0] https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/
- xuancanh 2y ago
  What he said is true, AWS uses Rust heavily in some of AWS core systems https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/why-aws-is-the-best-place-to-run-rust/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/why-aws-is-the-best-plac.... Some of the open source projects you can find are AWS Firecracker https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker and Cloudflare Pingora https://github.com/cloudflare/pingora https://github.com/cloudflare/pingora
hypeatei 2y ago
> I've only come across a few "higher profile ish" projects Of course, your mind is biased towards things that have existed for years before Rust gained traction. Those codebases aren't necessarily going to be rewritten overnight (if at all) in Rust. Others have mentioned it, but tech companies are writing foundational software with Rust, check out Cloudflares repository list for example: https://github.com/orgs/cloudflare/repositories?q=language%3ARust+sort%3Astars https://github.com/orgs/cloudflare/repositories?q=language%3...

Name them, then. I do like Rust, but I've only come across a few "higher profile ish" projects. None were really that important or useful that I actually bothered to remember them.

steveklabnik 2y ago

Companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Cloudflare have millions of lines of Rust code running in production.

gary_0 2y ago
Don't forget Microsoft. Windows 11 kernel will soon be booting with Rust inside (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35738829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35738829) Microsoft seeks Rust developers to rewrite core C# code (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39240205 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39240205)
- steveklabnik 2y ago
  I only left them off because we’re talking about size here, and I don’t know how much code that actually is. I am a Windows user, so I’m quite excited to have Rust in my kernel! But as far as I know it’s just one small bit, with more to come!

lolinder 2y ago

You're replying to Steve Klabnik, co-author of the Rust book [0] and (previously) a core team member for years. If he says it's been used on big projects I'd be inclined to believe him. Note that it's likely that some of the biggest applications aren't public and so even if identified you couldn't actually count the lines yourself. [0] https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/

xuancanh 2y ago
What he said is true, AWS uses Rust heavily in some of AWS core systems https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/why-aws-is-the-best-place-to-run-rust/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/why-aws-is-the-best-plac.... Some of the open source projects you can find are AWS Firecracker https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker and Cloudflare Pingora https://github.com/cloudflare/pingora https://github.com/cloudflare/pingora

hypeatei 2y ago

> I've only come across a few "higher profile ish" projects Of course, your mind is biased towards things that have existed for years before Rust gained traction. Those codebases aren't necessarily going to be rewritten overnight (if at all) in Rust. Others have mentioned it, but tech companies are writing foundational software with Rust, check out Cloudflares repository list for example: https://github.com/orgs/cloudflare/repositories?q=language%3ARust+sort%3Astars https://github.com/orgs/cloudflare/repositories?q=language%3...