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Ladybird Browser adopts Rust, with help from AI (ladybird.org)
submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Lobsters.

We’ve been searching for a memory-safe programming language to replace C++ in Ladybird for a while now. We previously explored Swift, but the C++ interop never quite got there, and platform support outside the Apple ecosystem was limited. Rust is a different story. The ecosystem is far more mature for systems programming, and many of our contributors already know the language. Going forward, we are rewriting parts of Ladybird in Rust.

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 1 points 20 minutes ago

The things people criticize are so fucking brainless these days. AI this, slop that.

Not a single one of you made fun of "let's rewrite it in Rust." You can't even elevate to the level of mildly funny parroting.

[–] arcine@jlai.lu 44 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

I was enthusiastic about LadyBird until I learnt that the guy leading the project i s a white supremacist, via pivot-to-ai.

Now I hope either someone else takes it over, or that it crashes and burns.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Google's monopoly is a bigger problem than one guy having confused ideas, to me.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago

One could just hard-fork Chromium...

[–] statelesz@slrpnk.net 1 points 12 hours ago

Came here to say this.

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[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 hours ago

Gross

[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 11 points 14 hours ago

The worst part is they are doing themselves a disservice by not rewriting it by hand - have they really learnt enough Rust to know how to effectively rewrite the other parts of the engine as they say? Doubtful - they'll probably just do everything through AI stuff going forward.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 24 points 17 hours ago

Oh. Welp, if it's going to be vibe coded I'm out.

[–] tinsuke@lemmy.world 29 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (10 children)

Andreas Kling's ladybird? Don't wanna touch that with a 10ft pole.

https://hyperborea.org/reviews/software/ladybird-inclusivity/

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 17 hours ago

Thanks for the reference!

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[–] TheOneCurly@feddit.online 91 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah seems about right for this project. I really wanted this to be a serious browser, but nothing about this dude is serious.

Also I know he backed this statement up with much better testing but these AI brainrot things people say kill me: "I ran multiple passes of adversarial review, asking different models to analyze the code for mistakes and bad patterns."

[–] XLE@piefed.social 40 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

"I coded this with hundreds of handcrafted AI prompts."

"That sounds hazardous, but did you test it?"

"I had multiple AIs test it!"

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 20 hours ago

Let us all hope Servo does not go down the same path.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago

It is one thing to use coding agents to produce code. It is another to trust it on reviewing it.

This reminds me of the C compiler written by Claude Code, which was compiling everything, except printf("Hello from CCC!\n");

[–] thenose@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You’re not the first I hear saying his bad news/not serious. Afaik I didn’t hear a thing about him until ladybird. What did I missed?

[–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 19 points 20 hours ago (2 children)
[–] fdnomad@programming.dev 2 points 9 hours ago

God that screenshot is giving me severe second hand embarrassment

[–] BryyM@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago

Those were some disappointing reads

[–] db2@lemmy.world 45 points 22 hours ago

Sloppybird

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 26 points 21 hours ago

I would of course love to see ladybird succeed, but it has seemed problematic from the start in my opinion. Servo seems much more serious.

I also like that Servo is developing an engine, not a browser as such. Seems like a good idea to keep the two separated.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 32 points 22 hours ago

Rest in peace to this browser.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 19 points 21 hours ago

Guess I got excited about this browser for nothing.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 12 points 22 hours ago

Birdpoop browser you say? Never heard of of it.

[–] tocano@piefed.social 10 points 21 hours ago

I was enthusiastic about this project. But I am afraid these recent tangents will only reduce momentum.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 5 points 22 hours ago (8 children)

Is it a good sign for Rust code when it's described as having "a strong 'translated from C++' vibe"? Or when the developer says too much Rust might be something they "can't merge"?

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