I've tackled UI from both the web end and the rust end, and I honestly can't say which I prefer. Javascript is definitely quicker and easier, I'll give you that, but I hold my nose when writing in it and people have been building interfaces in compiled/typed languages for decades without issue. I'd say it really depends on developer preference. I've grown to appreciate working with typed interfaces, and rust's compiler eliminates so many pains of working in the low-level space that I think it hits a really good mix of usability and performance. Do UIs really need the performance that the nerds on here gripe about every time something like Electron comes up? Probably not, so maybe HTML+Javascript (or WASM) is the winning combo. I don't really care either way, as long as I don't have to learn 5 different languages, platforms, UI frameworks, etc to release an app for desktop and phones as a single developer. And I already know Rust, so another option in that regard is welcome.

I found it hit a strange position between trying to be friendly and trying to be powerful. Things felt very inconsistent. After learning a few patterns in the language, other things I would expect to follow the same patterns went off in their own direction. I wish I could conjure up more specific examples but that's about all I remember from it.

It felt like a language that was built for the singular purpose of supporting Flutter (which I actually did enjoy learning) instead of something that needed to exist in its own right. I wish they'd just picked something already baked.