> using rust
> tries to read some files from a directory
> writes 200 lines, commenting them out and trying things
> losing steam in caring

unexpected complexity

you could do this in like 5 lines in most languages

(I'm trying to sort by extensions and then convert to json and not make it look ugly all at the same time, so some aspects may not be as first assumed)

there's too many random methods that you think will do what you want but they do not
such strange people