My understanding is that one of the basic assumptions you must have when choosing Rust over C++ for a new project is that you're looking for long term maintaina

My understanding is that one of the basic assumptions you must have when choosing Rust over C++ for a new project is that you're looking for long term maintainability over short-term ease of prototyping. A lot of the yelling done by the compiler comes from real-world experience building gigantic piles of code that need to be maintained for years and years. And the bit about patterns that don't translate well, that's easily fixed with more experience coding in Rust. C++ programmers know C++ so well because they've been doing it for decades and the language forces you to be on the watch for all the gotchas.