I started using Rust because I wanted a programming language that compiled to native binaries, and the choice at the time was really only C++, Go and Rust. In t

I started using Rust because I wanted a programming language that compiled to native binaries, and the choice at the time was really only C++, Go and Rust. In the end I chose Rust because it was new and shiny, and I've stuck with it. Never written a single unsafe line of code or anything low-level, it's just been CLI tools and web APIs.