okay wow this is looking like a real thing now actually. this is kinda cool

src/main.rs

@@ -1,17 +1,34 @@
 use sqlx::SqlitePool;
 use std::env;
 
-#[rocket::get("/txt?<page>")]
-async fn index(page: &str, pool: &rocket::State<SqlitePool>) -> String {
-    let records: Vec<_> = sqlx::query!(
+struct Comment {
+    id: i64,
+    name: Option<String>,
+    content: String,
+}
+
+async fn get_comments(pool: &SqlitePool, page: &str) -> Result<Vec<Comment>, sqlx::Error> {
+    let results = sqlx::query!(
         "SELECT id, name, content FROM comments WHERE page = ?",
         page
     )
-    .fetch_all(pool.inner())
-    .await
-    .expect("what the fuck");
+    .fetch_all(pool)
+    .await?
+    .into_iter()
+    .map(|result| Comment {
+        id: result.id,
+        name: result.name,
+        content: result.content,
+    })
+    .collect();
+    return Ok(results);
+}
 
-    records
+#[rocket::get("/txt?<page>")]
+async fn index(page: &str, pool: &rocket::State<SqlitePool>) -> Result<String, String> {
+    Ok(get_comments(pool, page)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|_| "error fetching comments for this page, sorry")?
         .into_iter()
         .map(|rec| {
             format!(
@@ -21,7 +38,7 @@ async fn index(page: &str, pool: &rocket::State<SqlitePool>) -> String {
                 rec.content,
             )
         })
-        .collect()
+        .collect::<String>())
 }
 
 #[rocket::get("/add?<page>&<name>&<content>")]
@@ -30,7 +47,7 @@ async fn add(
     name: Option<&str>,
     content: &str,
     pool: &rocket::State<SqlitePool>,
-) -> () {
+) -> Result<(), String> {
     sqlx::query!(
         "INSERT INTO comments (page, name, content) VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
         page,
@@ -39,9 +56,9 @@ async fn add(
     )
     .execute(pool.inner())
     .await
-    .expect("ajkl;shfklshadflgksdfg");
+    .map_err(|_| "ajkl;shfklshadflgksdfg")?;
 
-    ()
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 #[rocket::launch]