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The issue with Rust is that people actually like using it. So there’s a bunch of development happening purely for enjoyment: why is that an issue? Nobody’s forcing you to keep up with the trends - just stick to the older versions of the libraries and it’ll simply work.

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Is there a winner in the HTTP Rust library wars yet? The last time I used Rust, Hyper was on top, but I hear it's no longer cool. "reqwest" is being talked up. You can also get several versions of the same library in the same program through dependency problems.[1]

This is a process problem. The development process for Rust does not seem to force convergence.

[1] https://hackernoon.com/programming-in-rust-the-good-the-bad-...

Reqwest is an easier-to-use wrapper around Hyper. By the same authors.

It's... been hyper for years and is still hyper. Reqwest is an ergonomic wrapper on top of hyper if you want a higher-level API with less control.

Among the Rust ecosystem things to gripe about, this is a odd one.

async_std vs. tokio is the real split-investment battleground these days, effectively undermining the async/await momentum right as it gets out of the gate.

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