Show HN: Vu – a new programming language designed for AI. Rust speeds, Py syntax
hi everyone! I wanted to share what I've been working on these past 6~ years. TL;DR: Rust is great, but somewhere along the way, I learned that I was too dumb to read and write Rust. As I worked on larger and larger Rust projects, I also became frustrated with the developer experience of working in Rust (slow compile time), so I wanted a better way. Vu's language changed a bit over time but the core principles remained the same: 1. It should be easy to read and write 2. It should be memory safe
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2026-11-06 22:15:23.267Z
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Source account: hi everyone! I wanted to share what I've been working on these past 6~ years. TL;DR: Rust is great, but somewhere along the way, I learned that I was too dumb to read and write Rust. As I worked on larger and larger Rust projects, I also became frustrated with the developer experience of working in Rust (slow compile time), so I wanted a better way. Vu's language changed a bit over time but the core principles remained the same: 1. It should be easy to read and write 2. It should be memory safe
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