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Comment on Ask HN: Why do so many developers dislike C when I find it inspiring?

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It's great when you're in the driver seat. It's not great when they need to launch in 3 months and management throws a bunch of intermediate engineers at you who can't do anything without "type safety".

Software will continue to grow to the point where people move rapidly until they hit a limit. We laugh at future devs being weak, future devs laugh at our tech being unsafe.

That’s a really insightful way to put it.

I think you're right — being in the driver seat gives one kind of experience, but leading a team under pressure is a different challenge entirely.

I guess every generation of developers finds their own balance between freedom and safety.

Appreciate your perspective.

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