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Once a month, Jason sits down with guests from the C++ community to discuss the latest news and what they have been up to. Find us at cppcast.com

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Jason is joined this week by Jamie Pendergast to discuss the current job market, learning to program, and optimizing compilers.

• Designated Initializers, the best feature of C++20 · Mathieu Ropert

• Support for C++26 Reflection has been me... more

Timur and Phil reflect on Phil and Timur. We share some personal updates as well as news from the community.

News

• "Why we didn't rewrite our feed handler in Rust" - post from DataBento

• "C++ reflection (P2996) and moc" - from Qt wiki

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Phil and Timur are joined by Herb Sutter to catch up on what's going in to C++26 which, let's be honest, is dominated by reflection.

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• CLion now has a constexpr debugger

• "CMake for complex projects" - tutorial:

• Part one

• Part tw... more

Matt Kulukundis joins Timur and Phil. Matt talks to us about BrontoSource, his start-up focused on refactoring, updating or migrating large codebases, as well as his work on Swiss Tables.

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• Herb Sutter's WG21, Bulgaria, trip report

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Recent Guests

Jamie Pendergast
23 year old hobbyist C++ developer with an interest in compiler theory and development
Episode: Job Hunting and Optimizing Compilers with Jamie Pendergast
Herb Sutter
Technical Fellow at Citadel Securities, designer of several standard C++ features and chair of the ISO C++ committee and the standard C++ foundation.
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Episode: Reflection and C++26, with Herb Sutter
Matt Kulukundis
CEO and co-founder of BrontoSource, a startup focused on modernizing legacy C++ codebases
BrontoSource
Episode: BrontoSource and Swiss Tables
Jason Turner
Former host of CppCast, currently hiking in the Netherlands to raise awareness for ALS
Episode: Friends-and-Family Special
Anastasia Kazakova
Key person in CppCast's history and currently at JetBrains
JetBrains
Episode: Friends-and-Family Special
Matt GodBolt
Creator of Compiler Explorer
Episode: Friends-and-Family Special
Guy Davidson
Head of engineering at Six Impossible Things
Six Impossible Things
Episode: Friends-and-Family Special
Kristen Shaker
Former staff software engineer at Google, currently a relocation specialist
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Episode: From Refactoring to (physical) Relocation
Jonathan Wakely
Lead maintainer of Lipstick C++ and chair of the library working group in WG21.
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Episode: libstdc++

Hosts

Timur Dumler
Host of CppCast
Phil Nash
Co-host of CppCast

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 420 ratings
  • Best C++ podcast available. I'm really glad it has been revived

    Podcast Addict
    5
    JVApen
    2 years ago
  • Keeping up with the language

    Learned about this podcast a couple of years ago at Cppcon, and have been listening ever since. I enjoy the quick summary of things happening in the language followed by a more in-depth interview.

    Jan 2023: so nice to see this podcast return with Timur and Phil!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Imagix
    Canada3 years ago
  • Very good podcast.

    Too bad it's over.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ossama MOUSTAFA
    Canada4 years ago
  • Nice for learning

    I can’t speak English as god as you well I’m from Germany but I understand this so it’s really nice

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    EINHuhu
    Germany4 years ago
  • Fantastic

    This is a fantastic, in–depth podcast , made by very dedicated host. I’m always looking forward for a new episode.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ffvvuuqqrrzzss
    Germany5 years ago

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#240
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Job Hunting and Optimizing Compilers with Jamie Pendergast
Q: What is the market like right now for C++ job seekers, especially for those with less experience?
The market is challenging for newcomers; many entry-level roles still demand several years of experience, and candidates often face a chicken-and-egg situation where experience is hard to obtain without a job, especially in specialized areas like modern C++ features and compiler work.
Software development in a world of AI
Q: How can we make AI agents write better C++ code?
One approach is to implement reinforcement learning focused on coding quality and to use best practices as a constitution for coding agents.
Software development in a world of AI
Q: Is generative AI going to put us out of work as software developers?
Very unlikely. Every advancement we've had in software engineering has ultimately resulted in more demand.
Teaching and Training Modern C++
Q: Why is mentoring important in the coding process?
Mentoring consists of three parts: theory, practice, and mentoring. It's about supporting the learning process continuously.
Teaching and Training Modern C++
Q: What does modern C++ mean to you?
For me, it's starting with C++11 and ends kind of with C++17.

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2. Herb Sutter
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5. Anastasia Kazakova
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