good to see incredible stuff being shipped in Swift. Haven't used it since v3 though.

around 2015-17 - Swift could have easily dethroned Python.

it was simple enough - very fast - could plug into the C/C++ ecosystem. Hence all the numeric stuff people were doing in Python powered by C++ libraries could've been done with Swift.

the server ecosystem was starting to come to life, even supported by IBM.

I think the letdown was on the Apple side - they didn't bring in the community fast enough whether on marketing, or messaging - unfortunately Swift has remained largely an Apple ecosystem thing - with complexity now chasing C++.

> thread fl2_worker_thread panicked: called Result::unwrap() on an Err value

I don't use Rust, but a lot of Rust people say if it compiles it runs.

Well Rust won't save you from the usual programming mistake. Not blaming anyone at cloudflare here. I love Cloudflare and the awesome tools they put out.

end of day - let's pick languages | tech because of what we love to do. if you love Rust - pick it all day. I actually wanna try it for industrial robot stuff or small controllers etc.

there's no bad language - just occassional hiccups from us users who use those tools.