Lifetimes and annotations only look like symbol soup initially (when you have little to no experience in Rust). The more proficient you become in Rust more you

Lifetimes and annotations only look like symbol soup initially (when you have little to no experience in Rust). The more proficient you become in Rust more you end up ignoring it completely. Sort of like ads you see (or don't) in Search. Human brain has a funny way of learning how to turn off the noise and focus on what really matters.