There are bad programmnig languages and there are even worse programming languages.
Assambly is bad in the sense that it is impractical but otherwise simple enough! C is bad. So is Odin.
Even worse languages are C++, Java, Golang, Zig and Rust.
Even worse languages are Python, Javascript, Ruby and PHP.
Expressed a bit more positive one woulde say that C and Odin are very good. C++, Java, Golang, Zig and Rust OK. And Python, Javascript, Ruby and PHP kinda works.
My new take after doing much more C programming the last year and a half is that it's a very productive language. But that standard library sucks and you have to roll your own "standard library". Which is very educational and totally worth taking a shot at. But it takes time.
Therefore Odin makes a lot of sense. It seems to keep a lot of that something from C while removing a lot of the bad things from C. And it has a not terrible core library which covers most of the common programming problems one encounters on a daily basis.
And after engaging with the Odin community during the summer I can testify it so far has been a very pleasant experience!
Going forward I believe Odin will be a much bigger part of my future code bases.