Sandor Dargo articles - 250 total
My way to get into conferences
In this article, I'll share with you my journey to become a "regular" conference speaker. I'll also...
The 3 best books to level up your C++
In this article, I'll present you 3 books that can level up your C++. For this article, I'm assuming...
Fold expressions in C++
In this article, we are going to talk about time expressions. First, we are going to take some time...
Recent changes and personal commitments
Life is change. Such a cliché. Yet it is true. Everything is changing around us and if we try to...
C++23: two additional noexcept functions
If my math is correct, there are 125 changes / fixes / new features in C++23 and we are progressively...
C++23: Even more constexpr
Ever since C++ introduced the constexpr keyword in C++11, each new standard brought us more and more...
Are we - developers - spoiled or abused?
I think we are lucky as software developers. Most of us like what we do and we get a good salary....
Is this dynamic_cast needed?
I have already written a couple of times about dynamic_cast. I claimed that if you can avoid using it...
Variadic functions vs variadic templates
A few months ago, I wrote a review on Template Metaprogramming with C++ by Marius Bancila where I...
Without RTTI your code will be cleaner
Recently, in the binary sizes series, we discussed how run-time type information affects RTTI. I also...
We are always late
I recently read a post on social media about modern people who are always chasing themselves as they...
Vectors and unique pointers
In this post, I want to share some struggles I had twice during the last few months. For one of my...
Binary sizes and passing functions to functions
So why templates are interesting for our series on binary sizes? It's because as mentioned, they do...
Binary size and exceptions
In this series of articles about binary sizes, we already talked about the default keyword and said...
Can we find a compromise?
Many say that life is about compromises. They are right. But when can we find a compromise? What...
The observer pattern and binary sizes
In the previous article on binary sizes, we discussed how the decorator pattern's classic and modern...
The decorator pattern and binary sizes
In one of the previous articles on binary sizes, we discussed how making a class polymorphic by using...
Binary sizes and RTTI
What is RTTI? What does it have to do with the size of your executables? Let's start with answering...
4 different ways I've worked remotely
Like so many of us, I've been working remotely since the beginning of the pandemic. I was basically...
The evolution of enums
Constants are great. Types are great. Constants of a specific type are really great. This is why enum...
Virtual functions and binary sizes
In the previous article of this series on binary sizes, we discussed how special functions'...
Special functions and binary sizes
These months, I try to better understand how our code affects binary sizes. Last week, we had a look...
Deep vs shallow modules
I keep telling that I don't post negative book reviews. It's because no matter how much I dislike a...
Object initialization and binary sizes
Let's have this piece of code that generates a big binary. #include <array> struct Node { ...
What's an executable and how is it structured
In this example, let's have a look at how executables are generated, what are the most important...
The run-time, compile-time, binary size triangle
Often we start software development, we only care about writing some code. Or actually about writing...
The 8 best books I read in 2022
There is barely any day for me without reading a book. On days when I can't read I really miss it....
2022: Another great year!
It's such a cliché to say that the year was busy. But it was. Probably it'd be better to say it was...
Class templates versus constructor templates
I realized that this simple but important difference should be covered twice during the last year....
C++ Software Design by Klaus Iglberger
The first time I - virtually - met Klaus was at C++ On Sea, I think in 2020. He held a workshop about...