I write my hobby projects because writing them is fun. I don't find writing Ruby, Python, Go, and a host of other so-called "more appropriate" languages fun.

I write my hobby projects because writing them is fun. I don't find writing Ruby, Python, Go, and a host of other so-called "more appropriate" languages fun. If someone enjoys writing Rust, it's natural that they'll reach for it when they're looking to write something for fun. If the tools/libraries in that language exist to make writing a particular type of thing more fun or easier, then more the better.