Absolutely no problem. I've done decades of programming in C, and it's absolute fine. For a bigger project, you need discipline, yes, but there are bigger projects in C out there that prove that this can be done.
Actually, my error rate is way below that of my coworkers who do C++ and C#, despite that I'm working directly on the iron (i.e. there is no OS between me and the processor, no interprocess protection, or similar).
Well, I wonder how much they report on Trump being unable to get that bond until Monday...