Rust's Downfall: From Rising Star to Rejected by Major Projects (2025)

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Rust, known for safety and concurrency, faces criticism after high-profile setbacks.
Daniel Stenberg discontinued Rust-based Hyper HTTP backend support in curl due to integration challenges.
The Hyper experiment failed due to minimal user demand and technical difficulties in C-Rust integration.
Curl still supports other Rust-based backends like rustls and uiche, which integrate more seamlessly.
Prisma migrated from Rust to TypeScript to improve community contributions and plugin ecosystem.
Rust's steep learning curve and syntax complexity are major barriers for some developers.
Austin Starks' 18-month Rust rewrite of his trading platform ended in frustration due to verbose syntax and difficult semantics.
Rust's strict compiler and error handling were criticized for being overly complex and unhelpful.
The Rust community was noted for being dismissive of criticism and unhelpful to newcomers.

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