Why Not Python? The Language Everyone Expected Me to Use for Drengr

Why Not Python? The Language Everyone Expected Me to Use for Drengr I'm the creator of Drengr, an MCP server that gives AI agents eyes and hands on mobile devices. I started this blog to share the engineering behind it. No pretending to be a neutral observer writing a think piece — I built this, and I'm here to talk about it. When I started building Drengr — a tool that gives AI agents eyes and hands on mobile devices — the default choice was obvious. Every AI agent project in 2025-2026 is Python. LangChain is Python. CrewAI is Python. AutoGen is Python. Most MCP server implementations are Python. The ecosystem, the tutorials, the community, the hiring market — all Python. I chose Rust instead. This is the honest explanation of why, what it cost me, and whether I'd make the same choice again. The Distribution Problem The single biggest reason I didn't use Python is distribution. Drengr is a developer tool that other people need to install on machines I'll never see. The install experie