Ben Goldstein

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it is a well-known fact that Rust standard library uses specialization internally. over the years, there were various attempts to observe this behaviour in user code and thus achieve ersatz specialization on stable. for example, removed Clone specialization on arrays was used in such a way by a high-profile library .

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I'm not a fan of Deno's security model (2024)

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this has been bothering me for a while now, so I want to write down my thoughts so I can get it out of my head and move on. we’re gonna talk about how Deno approaches security, specifically with its permissions system, and why I think this approach is fundamentally insecure and misleading.