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> Rust developers just seem to use more "unsafe" than what i am comfortable with.

And that's a good thing! In most other languages, what would require an "unsafe" in Rust can be done without any visible marker. The Rust language shines a spotlight in these places, which allowed you to notice them.

> the question is, what are the priorities of the rust ecosystem? i mean, can i find libraries that go with as-safe-as-possible or are most libraries as-fast-as-possible?

From what I've seen, the priorities of the Rust ecosystem tends to be "as-fast-as-possible wrapped into an as-safe-as-possible abstraction". That is, presenting a safe interface around a fast core, which can be audited separately; users of the safe interface do not have to worry about unsafety in the implementation.