As a very partial; almost unrelated question: Is there any python module that you use day-to-day that you'd like to have a significant speedup with?
I'm thinking of reimplementing some python modules in rust, as that seems like the kind of weird thing I'm in to. I've done it with some success (using the excellent work of the pyo3 project) professionally, but I'd be interested in doing more.
pandas
would give https://github.com/modin-project/modin a shot