Ask HN: Good advice on writing VST Plugins?

Hi all, I'm trying to realize a plugin that combines samples based on pseudorandomly created patterns. We've decided to try going the VST route but have no experience with it. Since I'm not super familiar with C++ I just wanna find out if there are other ways to VSTs than the Steinberg SDK or JUCE, maybe python or Java wrappers that work? There's pyvst but it seems not to be maintained.

Glad for any input, have a good one.