re: foss, funding, politics-adjacent
@Kye@tech.lgbt @joepie91 boring not-bad-not-great/beautiful go code doesn't seem very interesting to work on, espc if you have A Job where you also write similarly boring code. i'm guesstimating rust has such a strong community because it's challenging and Generally Weird
viewing Current Development Practices from a individualistic PoV they first start their project for fun (maximizing the weirdness they can handle for their own motivations) and *then* get funded if it happens to, as a side-effect(?), get popular
reallllly stretching it now, re: foss, funding, politics-adjacent
@Kye@tech.lgbt @joepie91 i'd guess a bunch of trans people do rust because it's hard and being so undeniably externally queer induces a strong pressure to prove yourself to society. and rust is hard.
(and as an optional-ish bonus, the safety is something you usually want if you've been traumatized before. nice reassurance)
