> By using Rust for both our frontend and backend, we have a unified stack of Rust everywhere, simplifying our hiring.
> I can write web apps in another language than JavaScript
> I can write web apps that are fast
Yeah, this is what's worrying me. If you look at rerun.io website, you will notice that it's built with Next.js, i.e. is using a React framework to build pages that have no interactivity whatsoever. Next.js is used for the blog, despite it being just a collection of simple static html pages. Meanwhile, the user has to download around 200kB of javascript for no reason whatsoever; and the only reward that they get for their trouble is an avalanche of javascript errors in the browser console [0].
> I can write web apps in another language than JavaScript
> I can write web apps that are fast
Yeah, this is what's worrying me. If you look at rerun.io website, you will notice that it's built with Next.js, i.e. is using a React framework to build pages that have no interactivity whatsoever. Next.js is used for the blog, despite it being just a collection of simple static html pages. Meanwhile, the user has to download around 200kB of javascript for no reason whatsoever; and the only reward that they get for their trouble is an avalanche of javascript errors in the browser console [0].
Is the Rust/wasm future going to look like that?
[0] - https://i.imgur.com/TpYW0Rj.png