Discord's new Rust client loads friends in 15 seconds
The new Discord Rust client loaded the friends list before the Electron app finished loading, consuming 290.2 MB of RAM with two accounts signed in simultaneously.
- Field
- tools and releases
- What they did
- Discord developers created a new client using the Rust programming language, which loads and runs faster and with less memory than the previous Electron application.
- Why it matters
- This allows users to open the application and switch between accounts faster without delays.
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