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 experi