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skwee357 ◴[] No.41835625[source]
As someone who is using Rust in production for a year now [0], albeit in a different industry -- webdev, I really like the language. Sure, the first steps were rough, but eventually DX became decent, and the safety guarantees of Rust allow me to have a safe mind when developing and deploying (something I can't say about other popular dynamic languages).

Having said that, I agree with one of the commenters in this thread: Rust is essentially a solution looking for a problem. It is a great language, but it fails to find its niche. Rust developers are nowhere to be found, companies are not hiring Rust developers (except if you want to work in crypto).

[0]https://yieldcode.blog/post/one-year-of-rust-in-production/

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1. wyager ◴[] No.41839825[source]
The niche is anywhere C or C++ is used, which it excels at