Supporting new speakers and great talks in 2023
published at 08.06.2023 17:35 by Jens Weller
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Like last year, Meeting C++ organized an event centered around technical speaking.
Returning to C++
published at 18.05.2023 16:19 by Jens Weller
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Not that I've been away from C++, its just that for the last few years I've been busy with other things to start new projects. And hence mostly did take care of written, productive code. But this has changed now, and I'd like to take my time and learn whats new in C++ land and how to apply this to my new code.
Looking at C++ skills from candidates by regions
published at 26.04.2023 17:41 by Jens Weller
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For over 2 years Meeting C++ organizes an online C++ job fair, featuring a form to share your CV/resume with the sponsoring employers. This post is about looking at the aggregate from this form filtered through the regions, which is continents in this case.
Could a polymorphic memory resource (PMR) improve last weeks results?
published at 31.03.2023 17:28 by Jens Weller
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I've been wondering if there is another easy way to improve performance of last weeks post on using boyer_moore_horspool search for replacing strings.
Is boyer_moore_horspool faster then std::string::find?
published at 23.03.2023 15:43 by Jens Weller
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On Wednesday I've read an interesting blog post by Julien Jorge on Effortful Performance Improvements, where it is shown how to improve an replace function which runs replacements on a string. Its part of a series on performance and improving a code base, you should go read all of them!
What do number conversions cost?
published at 16.03.2023 17:14 by Jens Weller
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And so the devil said: "what if there is an easier design AND implementation?"
How does std::any compare to std::variant?
published at 08.03.2023 17:25 by Jens Weller
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Playing around with std::variant lead to me wondering how std::any would compare to it. Afterall its also a single value store.
Experimenting with the standard variant
published at 02.03.2023 12:12 by Jens Weller
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I've started sketching out a piece of software that I'm about to write. And part of this is a variant, so I was wondering about variants performance and if the various ways to access its value differ.
Insights from the second year of running online C++ job fairs
published at 24.02.2023 16:32 by Jens Weller
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An overview on the second year of organizing online job fairs for the C++ community.
Creating door signs with Qt for Meeting C++ 2022
published at 19.01.2023 17:44 by Jens Weller
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How Meeting C++ 2022 got a major new, but also simple feature: digital door signs.
If your pool runs dry, maybe fix your pipeline?
published at 03.11.2022 23:42 by Jens Weller
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So I spoke about Hiring in C++ with Meeting C++ this week, and I've come about this article claiming that the pool of talented C++ devs is running dry.
Increasing Security: Fuzz Testing C++
published at 30.10.2022 17:39 by A sponsored guest post by Jochen Hilgers
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Today, I’d like to share an automated testing approach that can protect your C++ applications from memory corruptions and other security vulnerabilities.
*_for_overwrite: a less known C++20 feature
published at 23.10.2022 20:53 by Jens Weller
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When I looked up make_unique for this weeks Meeting C++ blogroll highlight, I found a surprise.
Meeting C++ 2022 - what to expect
published at 13.10.2022 20:10 by Jens Weller
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This years Meeting C++ conference is coming closer and closer. Soon it will be less then a month.
bool - the simplest type?
published at 25.08.2022 21:34 by Jens Weller
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A few weeks ago a blog post got me thinking about bool. How simple it looks at the first glance, and how much one can actually say about bool and the way it affects code in C++.
About conditional breakpoints
published at 18.08.2022 14:14 by Jens Weller
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A few weeks ago someone asked me for advice on finding a specific bug in a larger C++ code base...
Porting my first Application from Qt5 to Qt6
published at 13.07.2022 11:15 by Jens Weller
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Just this week I had the opportunity to recompile one of my Qt Applications to build it with Qt6. Here is some of the results.
10 years of Meeting C++
published at 10.07.2022 15:42 by Jens Weller
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Celebrating 10 years of Meeting C++: Around these days 10 years ago Meeting C++ 2012 was announced.
Supporting new speakers and great talks
published at 09.06.2022 16:14 by Jens Weller
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Two weeks ago Meeting C++ organized an event centered on sharing information on how to prepare and give talks. With the goal being to level the playing field for everyone but also make it easier to start speaking. You can watch the lightning talks and the panel online.
Dawn of a new C++ cycle
published at 10.05.2022 14:55 by Jens Weller
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Some thoughts on where C++ stands right now as a language and communtiy.