It didn't really need Docker to "take off", I'm not even sure if it actually ever did the take off...

It's a language with its pros and cons, I like the simplicity, it's a good choice for services that just expose an API/GRPC/etc... and the performances are not that bad.

This "but rust is faster" obsession often comes from people that don't even know what they are talking about or are even able to consider if thinking about performance make sense for a specific use cases. Sometimes, or at least it did before LLMs, having something simple to modify was more important that chasing supposedly higher performance because the rust people keep blabbering about it.

> would Rust have been the lucky candidate?

Probably not, considering that the author give me a "simple solutions are best" vibe.