Author Archives: javierestrada

If you build it, will they come?

Posted on February 23, 2021 by javierestrada

This is my Lightning Talk for CPPCON 2020. I’m super grateful to Chris Ryan for posting it on LinkedIn. Quality C++ documentation is abundant…as long as it is in English. If you’re a Spanish speaker your options are limited. This … Continue reading →

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Look what the cat dragged in…

Posted on February 21, 2021 by javierestrada

Well, in reality I like birds better. Disclaimer: I got C++ Lambda Story as a gift from the author, Bartłomiej Filipek, and in a previous post I shared that I had covered the book end to end. Nonetheless, it’s nice … Continue reading →

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C++23 Stacktrace library documentation now available in Spanish / C++23 Documentación de la biblioteca de listado de pila ahora disponible en español

Posted on February 10, 2021 by javierestrada

Una de las primeras características de C++23 se encuentra disponible aquí. Todas las características documentadas hasta ahora se encuentran aquí.

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C++20 Three-Way Comparison Now Available In Spanish / C++20 Comparación de tres vías ahora disponible en español

Posted on January 17, 2021 by javierestrada

Three-way comparison (aka “the spaceship operator <=>) is a cool new feature in C++20. While the usage is simple, the documentation is not :-). Strong, weak, partial ordering…concepts, more concepts, type traits, and so on. Documentation a long time in … Continue reading →

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C++20 format library now available in Spanish/Biblioteca de formato de C++20 ahora disponible en español

Posted on January 15, 2021 by javierestrada

You can find it here/Puedes encontrarla aquí.

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Should the new Mac mini M1 be called a Big Mac?

Posted on January 11, 2021 by javierestrada

For the past week I’ve been enjoying the new Mac mini M1 (with Apple Silicon), and boy, what a thing of beauty. Externally it looks the same; the back, as has been reported, has less extensibility, but I don’t mind–I … Continue reading →

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CPPCON2020 Plenary Session Review: Performance Matters

Posted on October 15, 2020 by javierestrada

This was my favorite session. I must confess that I’ve seen it three times, and had the time to go slowly over the topic discussed: performance. Emery Berger needs no introduction. Just check his LinkedIn profile, but just in case, … Continue reading →

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CPPCON2020 Session Review: Back to Basics: Concurrency

Posted on October 13, 2020 by javierestrada

Arthur O’Dwyer’s session is a lap around the concurrency facilities present in C++, starting with C++11. He starts the session with a gentle introduction to concurrency and parallelism pre-C++11 and walks you towards the memory model present in Modern C++, … Continue reading →

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CPPCON2020 Session Review: Test Driven C++

Posted on October 12, 2020 by javierestrada

I was interested in this talk by Phil Nash to see his approach with C++. TDD is an approach that, as it states it is test driven (and Phil clarifies that it is different from test first). Saying that, there … Continue reading →

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CPPCON2020 Session Review: Retiring the Singleton Pattern: Concrete suggestions for what to use instead

Posted on October 6, 2020 by javierestrada

The Singleton design pattern has been discussed ad naseaum over the years. Peter Muldoon starts with the motivation for this talk: an occurrence of Singleton in the workplace, oh my! The premise of the talk, is not whether to keep … Continue reading →

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