When writing tests for a project that uses hardware intrinsics, we face the problem of ensuring that we only run tests that the host hardware supports. I recently ran into this issue for a personal...

I virtually attended C++ Online 2025, which was my first experience of the conference. The conference ran from the 26th to the 28th February, with workshops scheduled afterwards. I’ve had a lot of...

I virtually attended Meeting C++ 2024, which was my first experience of Meeting C++ in any format. Much like with ACCU earlier this year it was awesome to see another conference with online access...

Both gcc and clang support the -static compilation option. When we pass this option, we are asking the compiler to create a static executable. That is, an executable with no dynamic dependencies. ...

Today my wife and I encountered an error attempting to book flights to Japan on Japan Airlines (JAL). After correctly filling out the passenger details for the desired return journey, we were prese...

Validation is a common problem when dealing with any data provided by a user. Even when developing a library, you likely provide custom data types for consuming developers, which are equally (if no...

I was recently thinking about optional/result types and how C# doesn’t have them natively. I thought I would have a go at implementing a result type myself as a challenge, because I hadn’t written ...

This week, I virtually attended ACCU 2024. Notwithstanding the normal benefits of in-person conference attendance, being a Somerset native who grew up about 30 miles from Bristol, I was especially...

I have been using vcpkg for a few C++ projects recently. Over the last few months or so, I have mostly been switching over to LLVM tools for my personal C++ projects. One small pain point is that,...

🎊 Happy New Year! 🎊 A bit late to the party, but this is my first post of 2024 so if you’re reading this: I hope you have a great year! This weekend, I found out about the build.target property i...