This problem is not limited to HN, I see it everywhere. And wrt to the notion that every feature of C++ (from simple, to complex, to highly complex) will be used, I've been using C++ professionally for ~13 years and there are certain features I've chosen to stay away from since they don't add any benefit to the problems that I solve (or to the way I solve them). And I feel fine about that bc I'm very pleased with the performance and abstractions I can create with C++.
I found it helpful to think about (the modern) C++ as a combination of two languages: one is a relatively straightforward language for application development, almost on par with Java or scripting languages such as Python; the other is a very sophisticated tool for implementing universally useful, generic classes and libraries.
