This sounds like survivor bias, fostered by all the "written in Rust" in project titles (HN is a major contributor!). C++ is very well alive, e.g. in graphics,

This sounds like survivor bias, fostered by all the "written in Rust" in project titles (HN is a major contributor!). C++ is very well alive, e.g. in graphics, game development, embedded systems, just to name a few. It's a nuanced language for sure, likely not the most user-friendly, but it's not going to die anytime soon.