Your Clippy Config Should Be Stricter

· Evan Schwartz · April 30, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
Summary
The blog post discusses the importance of enabling stricter Clippy lints in Rust to prevent production bugs that the compiler cannot catch. The author shares a personal experience of encountering a panic in production due to improper string slicing and advocates for a proactive approach to linting, especially when coding with agents. The post outlines specific Clippy lints to enable, categorized by the types of issues they prevent, emphasizing their role in keeping Rust code safe and maintaining a productive coding environment.
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