As a mediocrity, I think you are making a big fuss about it. Yes. Lifetimes are hard. Yes, it requires lots of compiler wrestling. However Rust compiler gives

As a mediocrity, I think you are making a big fuss about it. Yes. Lifetimes are hard. Yes, it requires lots of compiler wrestling. However Rust compiler gives pretty good hints what lifetimes should be added and deduces lifetimes in few simple cases. Additionally you can opt out if if you are willing to allocate more memory.