Why are there so many vibe-coded Rust projects recently?

Hi reddit,
I'm a system architect with a bit backend development experience, and I first got into Rust a few years ago.

What I don’t really understand is this: in the last year or two, especially since “vibe coding” took off, why are there suddenly so many Rust projects rewritten with vibe coding?

I’ve also seen a few Claude plugin projects claiming they can cut token usage by 80%, and almost all of them are written in Rust. But when I cloned the source code and took a quick look, honestly, it was pretty rough.

I just don’t get why people would use Rust for projects that don’t seem to need any of Rust’s strengths at all.

Can someone explain this to me?