This comment is pithy, but I reject the sentiment.

In 2025, the overall developer experience is much better in (1) Rust compared to C++, and (2) Java/DotNet(C#) compared to Python.

I'm talking about type systems/memory safety, IDEs (incl. debuggers & compilers), package management, etc.

Recently, I came back to Python from Java (for a job). Once you take the drug of a virtual machine (Java/DotNet), it is hard to go back to native binaries.

Last, for anyone unfamiliar with this quote, the original is from Winston Churchill:

    Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.