I don't think the point of the article is the technical information, I think it's more of an emotional expression. Still valuable, just differently, I suppose.
Like much of what surrounds Rust. Looks quite emotional to me. If you do not know what I mean, go to the Rust reddit and discuss and compare on solid grounds without using an extremely flattering tone.
It's Josh Triplett, long time team member. It starts like this:
> First of all, thank you very much for taking the time to write this post. People who leave Rust usually don't write about the issues they have, and that's a huge problem for us, because it means we mostly hear from the people who had problems that weren't serious enough to drive them away. Thank you, seriously, for caring enough to explain the issues you had in detail.
This is a very different vibe than the one you're describing.
It's true that the Rust subreddit can brush criticism off, but that's also because there are a lot of low-quality criticisms of Rust, and seeing the same thing over and over again can be frustrating. But I've never seen a well thought out post that's critical get downvoted, they're often upvoted, and discussed in a very normal way.
That said, it's reddit, so there's always gonna be some garbage posts.
I won't deny that there are lots of emotions surrounding Rust, both for myself and for many others. But there are different ways to write about it, and this article looks more of an emotional style ("here's how my journey went") than a technical one ("here's how this works"). I still find it fun to read, but not everyone will, and that's okay.
