With HTTP requests, you will come across reqwest and Tokio. This comment [0] introduces me to ureq and the commentor helped me to explore Rust better.

I understand that making async HTTP request is a fundamental concept. However, I question why we should recommend a more complex solution when there are simpler alternatives that still leverage Rust's capabilities.

[0] https://lobste.rs/s/2kvgav/learning_learn_rust#c_udauvn