Farewell, Rust
Summary
An engineer recounts adopting Rust for web development, then migrates to Node.js due to issues with templating, i18n, dynamic content, and long compilation times. The piece contrasts Rust's safety and performance with Node.js's ecosystem maturity and faster iteration, concluding that Node.js is better suited for web UI and productivity, while Rust remains valuable for API workloads. The author highlights practical tradeoffs, including tooling, deployment times, and memory footprint.