I got nerd sniped pretty hard by somebody sharing a Django code challenge: “only touch views.py and optimize a page load to a time and memory budget in 60 minutes”.

One of the most interesting applications of Rust is to take over after algorithms have been prototyped in Python and create dramatic performance improvements.

Because it’s twenty years old a crusty technology like Django is the fastest way to bootstrap something into production. Get yourself some engineers who are more interested in creating business impact than they are in sprucing up their resume.