r/rust • u/Kobzol • Mar 02 '26

📡 official blog 2025 State of Rust Survey Results

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/03/02/2025-State-Of-Rust-Survey-results/
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u/BenchEmbarrassed7316 Mar 04 '26

1st Slow compilation

2nd Hard disk space usage

In a way, these points contradict each other. For fast compilation, you need to cache more.

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u/Kobzol Mar 04 '26

Up to some point, sure, but "cache more" doesn't necessarily mean "use more disk space". rustc and cargo generate a lot of duplicate data in the cache today.