This was a really good summary of what Rust feels like in my opinion. I'm still a beginner myself but I recognize what this article is saying very much.

The hacker news comments are as usual very good too:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40172033

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[+] tatterdemalion -31 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

So... dev blames skill issues on language? Classic.

EDIT: For the record, I'm not saying the author is bad at Rust. I'm saying they're bad at making games and balancing tradeoffs. They keep saying that they don't like rust because they just want to worry about making a game, not fighting the language. And yet, they seem to continually make decisions that favor performance over ergonomics. Then they whine about how the Rust community is supposedly pressuring them to make bad decisions.

[–] FizzyOrange 30 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ha they literally said about 5 times in this page that people often say "it's just a skill issue"... and here you are.

I love Rust but the author's points are 100% valid.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

OP is talking about a different kind of skill issue than the article. The article is about skill issues in writing Rust code, while OP is about skill issues in choosing the right technology for the right task.

Not picking Rust for code that has to be prototyped quickly and iterated a lot is kinda obvious. The solution would be to use Rust for the core engine where the requirements are clear and something else (lua? Python?) for the gameplay code. Even the engine the author wants to switch to does the same with with the divide between C++ and C#.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Well you could write code in a Ancient Greek if you want, but most people would go for English. :)

I've found that some developers enjoy picking more difficult languages because it's an intellectual challenge they enjoy, and that's fine, but some also enjoy calling others stupid because they don't enjoy the same things. That's small dick energy. :)