I'm not sure about SREs - it probably depends on company, but where I work, if you aren't oncall, you develop projects similarly to a SWE - so you can still think about work after you clock out.
I guess it's not serious in this case, as streaming audio is not very CPU-intensive, BUT I noticed that when I trained my ML model (basically 100% GPU usage) I could hear a noise in my M40Xs. I guess it's some MOBO/GPU insulation issue.
This is so much time that humanity (if still alive) could advance technology so much that we would be able to workaround heat death too. This is borderline sci-fi, but I believe we could bend almost any known laws of Physics with enough advancement.
Are you suggesting Frontend is more enjoyable in general? I think it depends from person to person. As a Backend Dev/SRE, I'm currently learning React and have to admit that it's a very refreshing and rewarding experience, but I'm not sure if I would like that setup in a real job - that would probably mean more "fighting" with UX designers, stakeholders etc. compared to backend job.
Maybe one thing worth adding here is the nostalgia factor. I'm not yet 30, but I often gravitate towards the music I relate with easier, carefree times. I find it true especially with OSTs of older games I played. The nostalgic value is giving the music another dimension, which is impossible to replicate when listening to new music, even if it's great. That being said I'm happy that I got into EDM genre as it's pretty easy to follow a few selected artists throughout the years, which naturally exposes me to new material.
I agree that there are better options for long-term maintenance of large projects, but let's not act like Youtube or Instagram don't exist - both of which used Django to some (high at the beginning) degree.
I'd say Google also doesn't care. Googleyness is gone, top-notch job security is gone, leadership doesn't listen to employees at all, the only thing that matters now is appeasing stakeholders.
I think the point being made here is that all CI/CD/SDLC stuff is effectively slowing down development, so the difference in iteration speed between Python and Rust is less explicit. But I dare to disagree, I just can't connect the dots here, moving code further down the CICD pipeline doesn't mean we can't work on the code itself or think about project improvement ideas.
Another (maybe even more) important motivation was to have simple, statically-typed language so that new hires can contribute to the codebase faster and the code itself is more standardized and easier to maintain at large scale.