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C++20 Iterators In-depth

I’ve found it surprisingly difficult to locate a good summary on modern C++ iterators, so I took some of my spare time to try and provide one complete with some simple examples. I hope you find it useful!

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Bitten by Bit Shifts

I recently found myself decoding some binary data and getting results I wasn’t expecting. This caused me to review one of the most basic operations in computer science: bit shifts. My “research” led me to a great article by Lenovo on the subject. After a few experiments, I learned another...

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When to Use Raw Pointers

I work a lot with legacy C/C++ code. Much of it is written in a pre-C++11 style, and even when C++11 features are used, they aren’t used as effectively as they could be.

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CMake in Two Words

CMake is a fantastic build system generator. It provides a usable, maintainable, and portable solution to one of the more complicated aspects of C++ development. That said, it’s not without its history, and it can be easy to get lost in the plethora of commands and variables used to configure...

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Agile Development: Power in the Principle

The word “agile” as applied to the creation and management of software development processes has been a buzz-word for several years now. But what does it actually mean? Why do we use the word “agile”?

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