Too bad there are those who think they should use Rust to write GUIs and end-user applications, which is where Rust ergonomics breaks down fast.

Disagree here, happy that those people are experimenting, and Rust is being used all the way up and down the stack. I may not prefer using Rust for web pages, but I'm super glad that some people want to -- projects like Dioxus and Tauri are really fantastic to use, and reflect well on the ecosystem as a whole.

I think Rust gained from this enthusiasm, because it's one of the languages that I think goes almost everywhere, if you pay the high upfront cost of learning. There really aren't that many domains where you absolutely couldn't write Rust. The fact that Swift is also chasing this quality suggests it's valuable.