If you were coming from Python/Ruby then the speed boost of Rust might seem like it is worth it, but if you are coming from Java/C#/Go/F# I agree it is a hard s

If you were coming from Python/Ruby then the speed boost of Rust might seem like it is worth it, but if you are coming from Java/C#/Go/F# I agree it is a hard sell for a normal web back-end. But if you have one that is compute heavy, it could be a great fit. If you want to use mostly WASM on the front end, it could be a great fit as well. Don't have to ship a runtime with your wasm, and can share code.