The author's sale pitch for Rust is team already knowing Rust. This is akin to a construction company saying: "We already have some carpenters, let them do the

The author's sale pitch for Rust is team already knowing Rust. This is akin to a construction company saying: "We already have some carpenters, let them do the bricklaying and use their hammers while at that." What happened to the right tool for the job? I see Rust as a specialized language, fit for specific problems. If you need performance, need low level access to the hardware and also need the kind of safety guarantees Rust provides, then is the right tool for the job. Using Rust for backends can be as good an endeavor as using Go for writing device drivers.