What's the alternative to error_chain in 2023?

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I came across the April 2019 topic error_chain no longer maintained while following examples in the Rust Cookbook.

Here I am, 4 years later, wondering what a new Rust user should be using instead.
What's the state of errors in 2023?

(Also, since that cookbook example is obviously out-of-date, any advice for a better simple HTTP get request example? Or is it otherwise valid?)

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The current favorites are thiserror for libraries, and anyhow for applications.

If you like big macros to declare your error types, there's also quick-error.

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