C++ Insights - Episode 73: Things you can do effortlessly with C++20s concepts

C++ Insights - Episode 73: Things you can do effortlessly with C++20s concepts

In this episode, you'll learn how C++20s concepts help you to write less code that's easier to maintain at the same time.

https://youtu.be/qjWo62dw-4s

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C++ Weekly - Ep 528 - Protecting From Fallthrough ☟☟ Awesome T-Shirts! Sponsors! Books! ☟☟ 🧑🎓 LEARN how to WRITE ✍️ , RECOGNIZE 👀 , and GENERATE 🤖 better C++! Preview: https://youtu.be/Ipr6ntCAm9A Apr 9 (online):…

Ep 528 - Protecting From Fallthrough
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unique_ptr and the pointer to implementation idiom Last time, I wrote about unique_ptr and PImpl, demonstrating why you can't use a unique_ptr for PImpl. This time, I'd like to show you...

Check out my post, "unique_ptr and the pointer to implementation idiom", I'll show you how you can use a unique_ptr together with PImpl.

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What reinterpret_cast doesn't do In today's post, I will explain one of C++'s biggest pitfalls: reinterpret_cast. Another title for this post could be: This is not the...

In my latest blog post, "What reinterpret_cast doesn't do," you'll learn about one of C++'s biggest pitfalls and how to avoid it.

andreasfertig.com/blog/2026/04/what-reinte...

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C++ Weekly - Ep 527 - A clang-tidy Check You NEED To Use! (Designated Initializers) ☟☟ Awesome T-Shirts! Sponsors! Books! ☟☟ 🧑🎓 LEARN how to WRITE ✍️ , RECOGNIZE 👀 , and GENERATE 🤖 better C++! Preview: https://youtu.be/Ipr6ntCAm9A Apr 9 (online):…

Ep 527 - A clang-tidy Check You NEED To Use! (Designated Initializers)
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C++26: A User-Friendly assert() macro

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C++ Weekly - Ep 526 - Stop asserting on nullptr! ☟☟ Awesome T-Shirts! Sponsors! Books! ☟☟ 🧑🎓 LEARN how to WRITE ✍️ , RECOGNIZE 👀 , and GENERATE 🤖 better C++! Preview: https://youtu.be/Ipr6ntCAm9A Apr 9 (online):…

Ep 526 - Stop asserting on nullptr!
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The programme for C++Now 2026 is now live which features 50 different talks across 5 days from May 4th - 8th and includes talks from @matt.godbolt.org @foonathan.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy and more!

View the full announcement: cppnow.org/announcement...

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We have C++26!

C++ Weekly - Ep 523 - Why I'm Still Using std::cout (on this channel) ☟☟ Awesome T-Shirts! Sponsors! Books! ☟☟ C++ Best Practices - NDC Toronto - May 5,6 - https://ndctoronto.com/workshops/c-best-practices/fce45061e333 Episode details:…

Ep 523 - Why I'm Still Using std::cout (on this channel)
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Best performance of a C++ singleton In my Januray post, I focused on implementing a singleton correctly. This time I want to add performance into the mix and show you the...

In my latest blog post, "Best performance of a C++ singleton," you'll learn about how to control the performance of a singleton.

andreasfertig.com/blog/2026/03/best-perfor...

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GlobalCpp: Ahmad Sharif -- Utilizing CUDA for better performance, Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup Week 7 and we will be hosting a new-to-us speaker, Ahmad Sharif! Ahmad will be showcasing how to utilize CUDA in C++ **About the presenter** Ahmad has worked at various te

CppToronto is part of an ongoing series of online C++ talks. New one this weekend www.meetup.com/cpptoronto/e... Learn about CUDA, meet some local developers, get involved!

Why is

std::expected

in the past tense?

C++ Insights - Episode 71: C++23: multidimensional operator[]

C++ Insights - Episode 71: C++23: multidimensional operator[]

In this episode, you'll learn about the change to the operator[] in C++23.

https://youtu.be/_wIj799nLOc

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A Brief History of Bjarne Stroustrup, the Creator of C++ YouTube video by CultRepo

Uncommonly excited about this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDtv... - trailer for a biopic of the legend himself, Bjarne Stroustrup!

Fellow nerds! 🤓 Want to help me play test my new Programming Puzzles Game website? programmingpuzzles.fun It's the companion site to my Programming Puzzles for Everyone book.

Have fun and report any issues.

CppCon 2025 recording of my talk "Back to Basics: static, inline, const, and constexpr" is available C++ comes with a whole toolbox of keywords you can apply to types and functions. You think it's straightforward? My experience says otherwise.

The recording of my talk "Back to Basics: static, inline, const, and constexpr" at @CppCon is available: https://youtu.be/hLakx0KYiR0

andreasfertig.com/blog/2026/02/cppcon-2025...

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Performance and Safety in C++ Crash Course - C++Online Why do you program in C++? The answer is probably "performance" (2nd most common answer is "because they told me to."). Performance and portability are the main strengths of C++. But safety and…

Is your #AI writing good C++?
Can you tell the difference?
Attend my C++ Online Performance and Safety Class!

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C++ Weekly - Ep 520 - The Time GCC Broke Chrome ☟☟ Awesome T-Shirts! Sponsors! Books! ☟☟ C++ Best Practices - NDC Toronto - May 5,6 - https://ndctoronto.com/workshops/c-best-practices/fce45061e333 A cross-platform IDE for C and C++, CLion is…

Ep 520 - The Time GCC Broke Chrome
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How to Avoid Headaches with Simple CMake - Bret Brown - CppCon 2025

We have published a new CppCon 2025 video

How to Avoid Headaches with Simple CMake – Bret Brown – CppCon 2025

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Something you should know about structured bindings Today's post is partially about C++ Insights and a lesson learned. Last week Dawid Pilarski opened issue #381 for C++ Insights. There h...

Today I share my lesson learned when it comes to structured bindings and a custom get in my post, "Something you should know about structured bindings"

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GitHub - cpp-best-practices/cmake_template: CMake for C++ Best Practices CMake for C++ Best Practices. Contribute to cpp-best-practices/cmake_template development by creating an account on GitHub.

Updates to my starter project. Including automatic build and deployment to github pages with a CI emscripten build!

* emscripten
* CI OS Updates
* CI Compiler updates
* Fine tuning of static analysis

github.com/cpp-best-practices/cmake_template

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C++ Weekly - Ep 519 - initializer_list vs Initializer List ☟☟ Awesome T-Shirts! Sponsors! Books! ☟☟ C++ Best Practices - NDC Toronto - May 5,6 - https://ndctoronto.com/workshops/c-best-practices/fce45061e333 Episode details:…

Ep 519 - initializer_list vs Initializer List
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The Reset trick My last month's post, Singleton done right in C++, has triggered plenty of comments. I expected a few, but not that much. So thank you...

In my latest blog post, "The Reset trick," you'll learn why I used to make the copy- and move-operations private and default last time.

https://andreasfertig.com/blog/2026/02/the-reset-trick/

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C++ Weekly - Ep 518 - Online C++ Tools You Must See! (2026) ☟☟ Awesome T-Shirts! Sponsors! Books! ☟☟ C++ Best Practices - NDC Toronto - May 5,6 - https://ndctoronto.com/workshops/c-best-practices/fce45061e333 A cross-platform IDE for C and C++, CLion is…

Ep 518 - Online C++ Tools You Must See! (2026)
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C++ Weekly - Ep 517 - Tool Spotlight: ClangBuildAnalyzer ☟☟ Awesome T-Shirts! Sponsors! Books! ☟☟ C++ Best Practices - NDC Toronto - May 5,6 - https://ndctoronto.com/workshops/c-best-practices/fce45061e333 Episode details:…

Ep 517 - Tool Spotlight: ClangBuildAnalyzer
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Efficiently passing a std::source_location object In this episode, I'll answer a question from a viewer about how to efficiently pass a std::source_location object.

C++ Insights - Episode 70: Efficiently passing a std::source_location object

In this episode, I'll answer a question from a viewer about how to efficiently pass a std::source_location object.

The blog post I mention in the video is: andreasfertig.com/blog/2026/01...

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C++ Weekly - Ep 515 - Revolutionize Your Templates with static_assert of non-value-dependent Exprs ☟☟ Awesome T-Shirts! Sponsors! Books! ☟☟ Hudson River Trading engineers use modern C++ to build performance-critical systems for real-time trading. Learn more about open software engineering roles…

Ep 515 - Revolutionize Your Templates with static_assert of non-value-dependent Exprs
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We cordially invite all members of the C++ community, to submit session proposals for the 14th annual C++Now Conference, to be held May 4th – May 8th, 2026, in Aspen, Colorado.

Read the announcement at cppnow.org/announcement...

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Efficient C++: The hidden compile-time cost of auto return types In today's post, I would like to dive into writing efficient C++ code. As you probably know, one post will not cover this entire topic....

Check out my post, "Efficient C++: The hidden compile-time cost of auto return types," you'll learn how to optimize compile times for your C++ code.

andreasfertig.com/blog/2025/09/efficient-c...

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