* Thursday, 05/11/2023
** 18:37
STOP WHAT YOU"RE DOING AND DROP YOUR PHONE
** 22:31
Every time I pick up Rust again I'm radicalized by build times. I should be able to build a package from 0 - including downloading the compiler and its dependencies - off of a fresh `git clone` with a single command in 1 minute max. It's insane that Rust takes so long and pulls in gigs of information. This just isn't sustainable. My `launch` software didn't even work on my own system by default, even when using `nix`, when working in isolation... I'm missing some dynamic linking package that needs to be part of the path.

There are two paths we can take here;
1. Use Java. The JVM solves our dynamic linking problem. HumbleUI is somewhat promising and I'll likely have access to most of the libraries I need. This code is 'fast enough' - but I'm not sure whether `HumbleUI` and Clojure desktop apps will have a future in industry at large.
2. Use Zig. Write code at a low level with a toolchain that's focused on minimal interfaces and performance. Code is small and fast but at the cost of my time. Learning Zig is a huge pro. Supposedly the compiler iterates fast but there is also no package version control. Zig absolutely has a future but I'll have to learn more myself.

Zig is probably the way to go here. It'll take longer to get started, but the toolchain is fast and has a promising future. I'll be able to write very fast code and learn a lot about systems programming in the process. It'll allow me to help build good infrastructure, work with games code to make beautiful desktop apps, and contribute to a fresh ecosystem.