A programming language designer reflects on the impact of LLMs and agentic development on the future of coding and PL design. The author argues Rust is particularly well-suited for agentic development due to its precision and tooling, but sees room for further improvements to better serve AI-assisted workflows.
Background
Brian Forney is a well-known systems programmer and former compiler engineer who has contributed to projects like Miri and rustc. The post was presented at REBASE/SPLASH alongside discussions of the Rust Vision Doc and LLM collaboration in developer workflows.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Oct 16, 2026 at 07:26 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10