"I assumed that over time, the community would grow, and we’d encounter problems.
Today is the first day where I say to myself, okay, has that happened?"
I think it depends on how you define community. I used to think Rust was going to be able to go mainstream. Now I'm wondering if it isn't niche. In other words, infrastructure needs code too, but all of the code "at the edge" (ie. applications that interact with users) may not be the perfect place for Rust. And I feel like that's where the majority of code will be written. So, maybe to produce metrics on this I would start with "where is the primary activity", and discover within that niche whether or not Rust has positive trajectory in terms of "market share" of that category of applications.
Today is the first day where I say to myself, okay, has that happened?"
I think it depends on how you define community. I used to think Rust was going to be able to go mainstream. Now I'm wondering if it isn't niche. In other words, infrastructure needs code too, but all of the code "at the edge" (ie. applications that interact with users) may not be the perfect place for Rust. And I feel like that's where the majority of code will be written. So, maybe to produce metrics on this I would start with "where is the primary activity", and discover within that niche whether or not Rust has positive trajectory in terms of "market share" of that category of applications.