IMO you've stumbled into one of the reasons Rust is amazing -- it can go to higher levels, for many good reasons. Whether you should is another question, and it will arguably never be as easy to write as python or javascript (to be fair it's also easy to write inconsistent code in those languages), but it can.
I wouldn't argue that Rust is as ergonomic as other languages, but it has enough pieces to build DSLs that make it look as ergonomic as other languages. An example of this is the front-end frameworks that have been spun in Rust, like Leptos[0].
Rust probably has no business being on the frontend, but the code snippets are convincing and look pretty reasonable. If the macro machinery and type stuff never blows up/forces you to touch internals, then does anyone care that it's a system language underneath?
> Rust probably has no business being on the frontend...
I would argue it this were more common they would have a lot of incentive to iron out the rough spots. Well, hopefully not in the way that makes it easier to have you download a 100+ megabyte wasm bundle to read a static blogpost, but anyways.
Personally, if I'm writing a script for an actual purpose (as opposed to just coding for coding's sake) I reach for python and if that's too slow I write a wrapper around some C code to speed things up. If I'm just messing around I use C(++) because that's what I know -- which is where rust could easily fit if the learning curve wasn't so high that I don't see the effort as worth it.
I wouldn't argue that Rust is as ergonomic as other languages, but it has enough pieces to build DSLs that make it look as ergonomic as other languages. An example of this is the front-end frameworks that have been spun in Rust, like Leptos[0].
Rust probably has no business being on the frontend, but the code snippets are convincing and look pretty reasonable. If the macro machinery and type stuff never blows up/forces you to touch internals, then does anyone care that it's a system language underneath?
[0]: https://book.leptos.dev/view/01_basic_component.html