I mean I get what you are saying about how old stuff doesn't have adoption issues. But, rust is a pretty unique paradigm. The safety guarantees it offers aren't found in other languages without garbage collectors.

Rust is boring and technical. Boring in the "it just works and when it doesn't it's not hard to figure out why" way. You didn't say this, but for others passing by, it would be a mistake to view rust as a "shiny thing". People use it for a reason, barring syntax entirely.