But, hummm.... Some people do use Rust for software where other languages are a better fit. But usually not in public. You see a lot of libraries helping people to use Rust in GUIs or web applications, but all the Rust rewrites people talk about are for stuff better done in Rust.

[–] arendjr@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As the author of https://blog.fiberplane.com/blog/writing-redux-reducers-in-rust/ , I do feel offended. Very badly.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, heavyweight Wasm is one of those things better written in Rust.

Intrinsically, one would expect there to be better options. But Wasm is difficult enough that people have been unable to port most tools. That will probably change at some point, but I would not stop anything to wait for that.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

1:1 rewrites of ironed-out tools introduce bugs first. Not a fan of it. Better do a re-implementation of the original tools' idea. For example, i quite like fd.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Rust users are informally called Rustaceans and there’s even a book for them:

[–] mack@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Amusing but I still prefer formally call them the "rustic people"