I think C is a perfectly fine language for modern projects and one can write good software with it. In fact, most software I use on daily basis is written C and extremely reliable: Linux, git, xcfe, terminals, vim, etc. The software I use which is written in C++ or Python have far more issues (e.g. libreoffice or inkscape crash regularily). Python backtraces I see quite often.

Or in other words: The notion that all C software is buggy and crashes all the time simply does not match my own experience.