> Hardly any job postings.

Job postings that mention using Rust from July 2022 Who's Hiring thread alone: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31948363 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32070322 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31949373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31947931 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32015077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31947359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31969755 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31949096

> No large projects on github. No halo project

Take your pick: https://github.com/search?l=Rust&o=desc&q=rust&s=stars&type=... Deno has 84k stars.