Why “Async” is being discussed
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> Sure, the same can be said of an async library An generic future is much harder to be called like this. You need to to create wakers and if you don't properly handle them you'…
by SkiFire13 · Oct 31, 2026
Nice to see a gui coding agent. I use tui agents all the time but I am building a gui one. I use Claude Code, Codex, opencode and a couple other but I do not like the DX/UX…
by brainless · Oct 31, 2026
Your comment is phrased as a rebuttal, but I actually agree with it wholeheartedly, with one minor quibble. > Blocking threads are a much more natural way of thinking about conc…
by Twey · Oct 31, 2026
> Function coloring is about (the annoyance when) composing interfaces designed around those different runtimes/thread that might use the same sans-io library internally. N…
by Twey · Oct 31, 2026
> This is incorrect. You can easily call that flow from a blocking function, just call it in a loop. Sure, the same can be said of an async library — so long as you're okay with…
by Twey · Oct 31, 2026
> flow that crosses several state transitions (and may have other disjoint parts of the state updated in the meantime, via other transitions) now has to be rewritten as a (serie…
by SkiFire13 · Oct 31, 2026
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Asynchrony is any dynamic far from synchronization. If and as parts of an asynchronous system become more synchronized, those parts or even the whole system can be said to be in sync. Read more on Wikipedia