I too used to program in C++. Every Monday morning, it was the same routine: as I enter the office, the stench of decaying bodies is overwhelming. Yet I must gather my strength to collect and identify the people killed over the week-end by C++ memory safety issues gone unchecked. Once that's done, I start my daily Scrum standup at 11 and I start coding a bit. First build at 11.30, first segfault at 11.35. Then it's pretty much the same routine, after lunch I read the Valgrind and ASan reports, spotting which one of the hundreds of new safety issues it identified might be an easy fix. I go back home riding my bicycle around 7pm, making sure to avoid the cars trying to crash against me due to segfaults. Sometimes I cry at night thinking about all that.
And then one day I found Rust, and all those problems went away. I can now write fearless code, and I don't have to endure the stench of rotting bodies anymore.
And then one day I found Rust, and all those problems went away. I can now write fearless code, and I don't have to endure the stench of rotting bodies anymore.
True story.