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Is Modern C++ Actually Making Us More Productive... or Just More Complicated?

Quick one that's been on my mind: with C++20/23 throwing ranges, coroutines, concepts, and modules at us, are we actually making the language better for real-world work… or just stacking more complexity on top of an already complicated beast?

Some of these features are genuinely cool and I use them, but I keep wondering if we're scaring off new devs while old codebases stay frozen in C++98 forever. Is modern C++ a net win for productivity, or are we over-engineering?

What do you think? Love it, hate it, or somewhere in between?

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