For back-end Rust is unbeatable if you are doing the kind of things where you need the performance for as little footprint as possible because getting twice as

For back-end Rust is unbeatable if you are doing the kind of things where you need the performance for as little footprint as possible because getting twice as much server would be unaffordable. But that also means that it is not necessary for pretty much every company out there except the biggest ones. Rust is cool for interops though: you talk about the OS, but it's not just that, it's also integrating with other languages in a way managed languages can't do: you can use Rust in a Python app like you'd use C, and you can speed up critical section of your node App with it as well[1], this is where Rust shine. Not in competing with Go in online popularity contexts. [1]: https://neon-bindings.com/ https://neon-bindings.com/