I've been using Rust for backend web dev and networked services for the last two years. I'm working on the greatest project of my life (until my next project)

I've been using Rust for backend web dev and networked services for the last two years. I'm working on the greatest project of my life (until my next project) and Rust is really helping me along. The performance and resource efficiencies are great side effects. I don't understand the argument that performance benefits are overkill for web development. Obviously, no one needs to use a flamethrower to light a cigarette. However, a fully-fleshed web server is a very complex system that taxes performance with all that it does. I'm working on a greenfield project and had discretion over what tooling to use. I decided to invest in Rust, eating short-term productivity losses in exchange for long-term gains. Those gains are realized at many points in development, compounding over time. As team members are brought into this project, I will accept a simple "thank you" for bringing joy to their work and renewing their aspirations for creating better products. Web dev doesn't have to be so shitty an experience, but it requires investment. That's a tough sell for managers who aren't coders, but those who rose from engineering understand its importance.