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What If We Pretended Unsafe Code Was Nice, And Then It Was? by Aria Beingessner

Rust is often praised for its great docs, libs, and tools. Well, Safe Rust is. Unsafe Rust is a mess. How can you expect more than "it's complicated" when you ask questions about The Thing For Complex Problems? looks around nervously Don't tell anyone but... Unsafe Rust Can Be Good Too, If You Believe. Things that "surely work, don't ask me how" ruin the fun for everyone. So pretend they don't work, and we can make tools which obviously work! Better Docs, Libs, and Tools, just for playing pretend! Learn about the new Strict Provenance APIs and how they help you have Nice Things!

August 5, 2022