Is it possible to write Rust on a low end system? (lemmy.today)

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Rust analyzer and compilation are very slow. My system is heating up, running out of ram and disk space. I have 8 GB ram.

I use helix editor.

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[-] TehPers@beehaw.org 5 points 17 hours ago

Couldn't agree more here, 1k dependencies would take a while to build even on my 9950x3d if only due to linking.

It seems to me like the the issue is the project is either too bloated, or large enough to justify a workstation build. Breaking it into smaller, independent parts would also help here.

[-] silly_goose@lemmy.today 1 points 10 hours ago

Thanks that's a great idea. I will try breaking it up into crates.

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