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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 2d

Episode 501 - Does C++26 Solve the constexpr Problem?
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C++ Weekly - Ep 501 - Does C++26 Solve the constexpr Problem?

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 4d

Where does C++ Weekly fit?

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 6d

Check out my C++ On Sea 2025 talk - The Power and Pain of Hidden Symbols!

This talk is very important for performance and binary size, and double important if you do crossplatform development!

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The Power and Pain of Hidden Symbols in C++ Programming - Jason Turner - C++ on Sea 2025

https://cpponsea.uk --- The Power and Pain of Hidden Symbols in C++ Programming - Jason Turner - C++ on Sea 2025 --- If you develop on Windows, you're used to the pain and annoyance of having to…

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 7d

New C++ Weekly pirate themed constexparrr! (constexpr) swag landing just in time for Halloween!

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constexparrr! Pirate Themed t-shirt

jolly roger themed "constexparrr!" C++ Weekly T-Shirt design.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 9d

Ep 500 - The Show's Half Over!
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C++ Weekly - Ep 500 - The Show's Half Over!

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 14d

Cippi helping to introduce the opening keynote for NDC TechTown!

#als

Check out the Cippi Project and Rainer's ALS blog to learn more about this.

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Cippi, Rainer's mascot, on stage with Klaus at the opening keynote for NDCTechTown

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 16d

Ep 499 - GCC's Stack Usage Analysis (and Warnings!)
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C++ Weekly - Ep 499 - GCC's Stack Usage Analysis (and Warnings!)

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 18d

Arr!! Cippi learned a lot at CppCon this week and celebrated the hard week by going to a Pirate Festival! She acquired a new booty bag in the process too!

#talklikeapirate #cppcon

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Consider giving to #als research

Cippi celebrating the end of the week while listening to pirate music on talk like a pirate day!

Cippi helping Matt Godbolt present the closing keynote

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 23d

Ep 498 - Lifetimes of Local Variables
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C++ Weekly - Ep 498 - Lifetimes of Local Variables

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 24d

CiPPi is attending my CppCon workshop!

#als awareness

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 29d

Last chance to come to one of my highly interactive and dynamic C++ Best Practices conference workshops this year at CppCon (Sept 13-14) or NDC TechTown (Sept 22-23)

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Sep 8

The printed version of my new Programming Puzzles Big Book is now the #1 new release in "Math Games" on Amazon!

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This book teaches (through puzzles and exercises): Lisp, Python, Functions, Recursion, Assembly Language, Logic, Truth tables, and more!

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ep 497 - How to Add Static Analysis to Legacy C++
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C++ Weekly - Ep 497 - How to Add Static Analysis to Legacy C++

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Matt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org · Aug 27

Highly recommended!

Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Aug 27

Come to one of my highly interactive and dynamic C++ Best Practices conference workshops this year at CppCon (Sept 13-14) or NDC TechTown (Sept 22-23)

Only about 3 weeks left!

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Sep 3

Check it out! 👀 My puzzle book designed to be FUN and to TEACH core Computer Science is now available in print format!

400 PAGES of puzzles for only $19.95!

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ep 496 - Stack vs Heap
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C++ Weekly - Ep 496 - Stack vs Heap

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Aug 27

Come to one of my highly interactive and dynamic C++ Best Practices conference workshops this year at CppCon (Sept 13-14) or NDC TechTown (Sept 22-23)

Only about 3 weeks left!

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Aug 25

Ep 495 - Custom Formatters for std::Format
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C++ Weekly - Ep 495 - Custom Formatters for std::Format

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Aug 22

Come to one of my highly interactive and dynamic C++ Best Practices conference workshops this year at CppCon (Sept 13-14) or NDC TechTown (Sept 22-23)

Only about 4 weeks left!

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C++ Best Practices | NDC TechTown 2025

This is a 2-day workshop that explores Best Practices as they apply to C++.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Aug 22

At most 2, to TechTown

Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Aug 19

Repost if you think I should bring some print copies of my latest puzzle book (over 400 pages of puzzles!) to the next conference to give away!!

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(Expect to be able to buy it yourself in print in the next week or so, or get the digital copy today).

amazing picture of my giant 400 page programming puzzles book

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you @jetbrains @[email protected] @jetbrains.com for this awesome creator swag box!

unopened awesome swag box from jetbrains. this thing was super high quality, quite the unboxing experience

all of the unopened (numbered) packages in the box

the opened packages. a T-shirt, sweat shirt, hat, notebook, insulated mug, bag

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ep 494 - Tool Spotlight: Modern Safe scanf: scnlib
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C++ Weekly - Ep 494 - Tool Spotlight: Modern Safe scanf: scnlib

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Aug 15

Come to one of my highly interactive and dynamic C++ Best Practices conference workshops this year at CppCon (Sept 13-14) or NDC TechTown (Sept 22-23)

Only about 5 weeks left!

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · Aug 14

My combined total log of hiking and walking for this summer has been now 932 km! So I'm upping my total ledge to ALS research, in honor of Rainer Grimm up to 932 Euro!

Please consider also giving to this underfunded field, if you can afford it.

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