Category Archives: software

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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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: Back to Basics: Class Layout

Posted on September 25, 2020 by javierestrada

There are two types of knowledge: timely and timeless. Knowing how your types are laid out onto physical hardware is programmer’s gold and it is timeless knowledge. It never leaves you. I would recommend strongly this talk if you work … Continue reading →

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CPPCON2020 Session Review: The Future of C++ Parallel and Concurrency Safety Guidelines

Posted on September 25, 2020 by javierestrada

“I test, therefore I exist.” Paraphrasing René Descartes, what do you do if you’ve been conditioned from your engineering “birth” to test, and test everything. This session is a fit for you if you program systems that require safety as … Continue reading →

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