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> Decide to create a very basic GUI app in Rust, as everyone is saying it's a great language for it
> First compilation takes over 15 minutes to download and compile 100 libraries
> Debug files take up 2GB of storage
> Output binary file comes out massive for no reason
> "Yeah you're supposed to write a few lines to optimize for size in your release profile"
> Compiling now takes 30 minutes instead
But you died faster, that's not to be underestimated
I write rust on a meh computer alot and have never had compile times be that bad (at least not for debug). The target dir is massive though.