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22 November 2025

  • curprev 04:3904:39, 22 November 2025 PC talk contribs 8,556 bytes +8,556 Created page with "The borrow checker stopped a production crash during a mid night deploy. The code looked fine until it did not. 500px This article shows five real failures that the borrow checker prevented.
Each story contains a short problem description, minimal code that caused the issue, the change that fixed it, and a measurable result.
Read one story. Fix one component. Ship safer code. 1. Prevented use after free in a server handler P..."
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