Bootstrappable Builds: How and Why
signa11
21 points
3 comments
August 28, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
andrewchambers
Would love to see someone try to automate the bootstrap chain from a working C89 compiler to Rust. At this point I think current LLMs are able help these incredible feats of bootstrapping as they can grind out the impossibly long built times over multiple days/weeks. I am very optimistic for deterministic builds in general.
Panzerschrek
Are chain-of-trust attacks real? Is it necessary to make so much effort to avoid what supposedly never happened?