I have a love-hate relationship with C++. I am currently working with C++23 professionally in a complex project, with python layer on-top.

C++11 and later turned the scale more towards enjoyment, but having less time for tinkering and deep diving makes me annoyed. It's not entirely the core language's fault, but since high performance is the name of the game for C++, every library seems to make twists and turns to not leave anything on the table, which increases the cognitive load when writing code, be it performance critical or not. AI now alleviates that quite a bit.

I wish it was as concise as python, e.g. with the list comprehension. When I try to use the newfangled ranges algorithms to replace a (range-based) for loop, I roll it back in 90% of the cases because it neither is shorter nor more expressive.