Writing Rust code that's fast by asking agents to make the code faster

Writing Rust code that's fast by asking agents to make the code faster

A new approach described on Hacker News shows developers using AI agents to automatically improve the performance of Rust programs. By feeding existing code to the agents and requesting optimizations, the system suggests refactorings, algorithm changes, and low‑level tweaks that can increase execution speed. The method aims to combine Rust’s safety with machine‑generated efficiency gains.