Post #303 1.71K Jun 29, 2026, 22:57 UTC https://nickb.dev/blog/default-musl-allocator-considered-harmful-to-performance/ #rust #musl #performance #allocator nickb.dev Default musl allocator considered harmful (to performance) In a real world benchmark, the default musl allocator caused a 7x slowdown compared to other allocators. I recommend all Rust projects immediately swap to a different allocator in a musl environment.