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WHY BUILDING A RUST LSP IS HARD

rust-glancer.github.io27 min read

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Building a Rust language server means producing useful answers from incomplete files, ambiguous workspace boundaries, and continuously changing editor state. The piece compares rust-analyzer and Rust Glancer on workspace discovery, incremental analysis, process isolation, and the unavoidable product choices hidden behind a standardized protocol.