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		geodel on Feb 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust Makes sense write most efficient stuff for in-house and give resource hog Electron apps to users.

jrockway on Feb 4, 2020 [–]

Discord pays for their servers, but not for their users's computers.

Hamuko on Feb 4, 2020 | [–]

That's fine as long as you ignore the fact that the users are the customers.

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