Baffling article. The idea that Rust is any harder than C++ is particularly hard to fathom.

You seem obsessed with getting software out as quickly as possible over all else - so why would you pick C++ to do that? I've spent decades writing C++ but I am well aware that it's a gnarly language with a lot of traps for programmers at all levels.

As for the tree climbing metaphor, I've been "climbing trees" for money for over forty years, and the cost of falling out of the tree is extremely great.

Even in rapid development, indeed, especially in rapid development, it's important to have tools that protect you from idiot mistakes so you can crank out the code and not worry if you are shooting yourself in the foot again and again.