Is it possible to get fast Rust compiles in a Docker container?

• cargo-chef

  18 1,514 7.3 Rust

  A cargo-subcommand to speed up Rust Docker builds using Docker layer caching.

I did a talk (slides here) about this a few years ago, it took a bit of work to get the build caching working with cargo. As others have pointed out, there is now cargo chef to solve this problem so you probably don't have to deal with the issues I saw, but I thought it still might be helpful context.

• dagger

  92 10,190 9.9 Go

  Application Delivery as Code that Runs Anywhere (by dagger)

  

Eventually, I think things like Dagger ( https://dagger.io/ ) / tools with programmable build stages will mature and be a bit more usable in the long run than scripting around Docker-like container engines. I guess plenty of build systems like bazel already exist, but they each seem to suck in their own special ways.

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• sccache

  70 5,332 9.5 Rust

  Sccache is a ccache-like tool. It is used as a compiler wrapper and avoids compilation when possible. Sccache has the capability to utilize caching in remote storage environments, including various cloud storage options, or alternatively, in local storage.

  

There's also sccache with docker layer caching, which writes back directly to the docker cache through some magic. https://github.com/mozilla/sccache/issues/687

• for-mac

  93 2,406 3.1

  Bug reports for Docker Desktop for Mac

  

It seems to be a known problem: https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/3677 where people specifically mention hot reloading applications taking forever. Not sure exactly what is going on, but it is not Rust specific (devs mention Ruby, Java, etc.)

• roadmap

  49 1,443 2.6

  Welcome to the Public Roadmap for All Things Docker! We welcome your ideas. (by docker)

  

• nix

  372 10,814 10.0 C++

  Nix, the purely functional package manager

  

I'm running into the same issues with Docker. One solution I've seen too is to utilize Nix for the build and have it create the docker image for you as well after building the binary outside of it. That's my rudimentary understanding of the flow anyway, note: just starting to learn Nix

• sql-udf

  1 16 6.0 Rust

  A wrapper for writing MariaDB/MySQL user defined functions in Rust

  

I see you answered a good part of your question, but I might have the dockerfile you want if size/cache is still a concern: https://github.com/pluots/sql-udf/blob/273eaed142f222b75f72d28911613ff5c0740365/Dockerfile.examples

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• multirun

  1 3 10.0 Rust

  Run multiple commands and multiplex the standard output (by nicoburns)

• crustde_cnt_img_pod

  2 14 8.9 Shell

  CRUSTDE - Containerized Rust development environment - Hack Without Fear and Trust! (2024-03)

  

• grapple_tournament_bot

  1 0 5.9 Rust

  A simple bot for the Grapple Tournament discord

one of my dockerfiles (includes some SQLX stuff you can ignore) https://github.com/laundmo/grapple_tournament_bot/blob/f5bfb289193740ed697959f8262ba33ecc110fa2/Dockerfile

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