Ah, the issue is that I don't like that syntax: Salt is macro free, and doesn't need assert statements, etc... These are stylistic but I am assuming that under the hood things look quite similar.
I put an effort in to de-slop the project wherever I can. If you've noticed anything specific, I'd kindly request that you open an issue on Github or respond here with your findings so that I might correct them in the future.
Do you happen to know if Venus has a Result type with canonical error codes, pipes, and other ergonomics?
Does it have C parity performance?