I Let AI Trash My Battle-Tested Go Engine for Rust – 2 Days, 60 Files, Shocking Results
Picture this: 60 files of production Go code, months in the wild, zapped to Rust by AI in 48 hours. Faster, smaller – but did it actually work without imploding?
theAIcatchupApr 10, 20263 min read
⚡ Key Takeaways
AI ported 60 Go files to Rust in 2 days with near-perfect fidelity, thanks to strict 'mirror exactly' prompts.𝕏
Rust WASM binary shrank 9x (4.2MB to 470KB) and sped up 3x, killing Go's GC pauses.𝕏
Parity tests were the unsung hero – AI handles boilerplate, but edges need human eyes.𝕏
The 60-Second TL;DR
AI ported 60 Go files to Rust in 2 days with near-perfect fidelity, thanks to strict 'mirror exactly' prompts.
Rust WASM binary shrank 9x (4.2MB to 470KB) and sped up 3x, killing Go's GC pauses.
Parity tests were the unsung hero – AI handles boilerplate, but edges need human eyes.
