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I wish C++ has a universal dependency manager like crates. It feels like every external library I want to use requires their own exotic setup.

Yes, but C/C++ is straightforward also. You simply need the source and link it or get a library object file (.lib or .so) and the header files.

IDE's like Visual Studio hide this behind tons of settings and dialogs but in the end it's simple if you know the above.

This simplicity translates to afternoons of work lost to CMake.

cargo just works, and isn't really complex in design. just less anticated.