> I would personally choose Rust over C++. I dislike the number of gotchas that C++ has and I think the language has gotten too big and complex to use safely.

This take sounds like fomo mixed with cargo cult programming.

When you write something in C++, nothing forces you to use all features of C++. There is no bingo card you have to fill to get your project to compile. You just pick the things you feel serves your purposes, and stick with them.

I don't really understand this irrational take. It's like claiming they don't want to speak in English because the dictionary is too large and some words are too tricky to spell to use in a conversation.