Like every package repository (or human endeavor in general) it follows Sturgeon's Law: 80% of everything is crap. That said, there's 100k crates on crates.io, and many of them are fantastic (well-supported, actively developed, documented, etc.). For a new user, understanding which are high-quality is a daunting task, and is expedited by just asking an experienced person for specific recommendations.
Honestly if you're writing Rust, just stick with the top 100 downloaded packages, and you'll be fine. That's basically what I do, unless the tasks requires quite specialized work.
Fine. I imagine someone posting that they just published their first ever crate. Maybe it’s the first and only Rust binding to some useful library. But cool your horses, this poster says (by implication), because 80% of everything is crap. Of course no one says that out loud. But that is the inevitable conclusion.
Maybe the main point of four average Rust users publishing a crate each is so that burntsushi can publish one great one.
