About Rust in Webdev

The best programming language right now is Rust, but we need something better. Readability is worse and worse, damned “?” was just the first bullet. Still zero progress on custom lifetimes, no efforts to improve readability. Wasm is losing dev's interest, because the learning curve is steep and the benefits are not so obvious. It's almost impossible to find a job in webdev, requiring knowledge of Rust - language becomes more and more “system”-focused, more and more “enthusiastic”. Most of the libraries are “forever 0.x”.

The Rust-for-web ecosystem is sporadic. Sometimes you can find what you need, and in 99% of cases it will have version 0.x. “We use beta, because it's better than nothing” - it’s 100% about Rust right now. I wish I could say something better.

Looks like webdevs are not interested in wonderful languages, they are just looking for the shortest and the most simple solution they can find. It's depressing, but it's true.

Without any doubt, I sincerely think that the best language for API is still Rust. But what is our choice of frameworks? Forever 0.x Hyper, forever 0.x Rocket, that's all. Please don't even start with Actix - I hope this zombie will finally die soon. My only hope is that The Rust Foundation will acquire enough attention from bug tech to change the trend and improve Rust positions in webdev.