Building a Simple Circuit Resistance Calculator in C++ (and a logic trap to avoid)
Every programmer has, at some point, fallen into a logical trap. While building a simple console-based electrical circuit simulator in C++, I stumbled…
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Putting your live windows on an infinite canvas: the "park & swap" trick (C++ / WGC / D3D11)
The problem Alt-tab and multiple monitors are how we've juggled windows for 30 years. I wanted something spatial: zoom out, see every window at once; …
Because in a Life-Threatening Situation, Every Millisecond Counts
Removing expf() from a fire detector: one header, 1.95x faster, zero accuracy loss A smoke detector is not a demo project. When it fires, someone eith…
Clifford’s (aka, Claire’s) Device in C and C++
Introduction If you’ve been programming in C or C++ for a while, you likely have heard of Duff’s Device that takes advantage of C’s often-derided “fea…
The Bugs That Hide Behind "It Works": Debugging a Multithreaded C++ Proxy Server
As a student, one of the biggest lessons I've picked up is that a program which compiles and runs is not the same as a program that is correct. It rea…
We Transpiled PineScript v6 to C++ So Backtests Are Actually Reproducible
We Transpiled PineScript v6 to C++ So Backtests Are Actually Reproducible TradingView's PineScript is the most widely used language for writing tradin…
Why I built a native libmpv IPTV player for Windows — an HDR tone-mapping deep-dive
Up front, so there's no confusion: the app I'm describing (Nightmare TV) is a player only . You bring your own M3U / Xtream Codes playlist — it ships …
Why I Started Building Vix.cpp
Why I Started Building Vix.cpp C++ is one of the most powerful programming languages in the world. It powers databases, browsers, operating systems, g…
The Fastest Set Is Often Not a Set: 4050 Duplicate-Detection Benchmarks
Duplicate detection looks solved: keep a hash set, skip what you have already seen. A benchmark suite of 4050 measurements across 480 workloads says t…
How to Install Boost in Any C++ Project: CMake, vcpkg, Conan, and More
If you have written much C++, you have reached for Boost, and probably lost an afternoon to linker errors getting it installed. Here are the practical…
S2 — Heap Corruption Crashes: How to Diagnose and Fix Them
In the Crash Pattern series , we classify crashes by their shape — the way they present themselves in backtraces, logs, and runtime behavior. This hel…
Integers and Floating-Point Numbers in C++
File Extensions in C++ Before we start writing code, it is worth mentioning that C++ source files can use different file extensions. Common C++ file e…
How to Measure Code Coverage in C++ with Visual Studio 2026
About My Code I'm developing a video game in C++ using SDL3 — a cross-platform library that provides access to accelerated video, audio, controllers, …
I Built a Complete AI Infrastructure Stack from Scratch — Here's What I Learned
I Built a Complete AI Infrastructure Stack from Scratch — Here's What I Learned Most AI projects start at the top of the stack. You grab an LLM API, w…
I got tired of paying to emulate a 1970s terminal, so I built a native macOS client in C++ (DX3270)
If you work with IBM Mainframes (z/OS, z/VM) on a Mac, you’ve probably noticed a glaring issue: every halfway-decent TN3270 terminal client costs mone…
Creating my own web browser
Hey everyone! I am Pahal Desai, a 16 year old student who is trying to create my own open-source Chromium-based web browser called Neovex. I am a begi…
TinyLoad v6 — split opcode tables, encrypted dispatch, and control flow flattening
TinyLoad v6 is out. if you haven't seen it before — it's a PE packer for Windows. one .cpp file, no dependencies, MIT. repo here . v5 hardened the stu…
Creating a Custom Grid Editor tool in Unreal Engine
Hello there, Dev community! I'm a beginner, relatively, in the Game Development / Programming sphere. I'm a second year student as of writing this blo…
We built a scripting language just for AI agents. Here's why.
One of our AI agents deleted a directory it was never supposed to touch. The Python it wrote was valid. The model was confident. It did the wrong thin…
I Put a Neural Network in a Thermometer — Then It Got Out of Hand
How it all started About three years ago my wife asked me: "Honey, what do you think the temperature is today?" I told her to check her phone. She gav…
Why These and That in Every System
We all know about DSA—Data Structures and Algorithms. But that's not all there is to programming, no matter the field. I emphasize this especially in …
Devirtualization and Static Polymorphism
Ever wondered why your "clean" polymorphic design underperforms in benchmarks? Virtual dispatch enables polymorphism, but it comes with hidden overhea…
S1 — Clean Backtrace Crashes: How to Diagnose and Fix Them
In the overview article Crash Patterns Overview: A Practical, Symptom‑First Guide to Debugging C++ Crashes , we introduced the two‑layer crash model :…
Producer audit clean, six tests red
Yesterday I opened a PR against DuckDB. Two tests added, one alias-propagation bug fixed, sibling-scan audit clean, format check passing, signed commi…
Symbolic Constant Conundrum
Introduction A symbolic constant in any programming language is a name — a symbol — that can be used to stand in for a constant — a literal value. Pro…
cpp-linter-hooks: The Most Complete pre-commit Solution for C/C++ Projects
If you work on Python projects, you've probably used pre-commit — running black , ruff , mypy before every git commit , blocking anything that doesn't…
Building Claude Code from Scratch: A Minimal Agent in 393 Lines of C++
An AI coding assistant that reads your files, writes code, and runs shell commands. The core logic? A single while loop. I thought it was bullshit too…
Beyong New and Delete: from auto_ptr to unique_ptr
This guide walks through a legacy pattern built around std::auto_ptr , something still found in many older C++ codebases. The pattern usually involves…
3 and 4 Sum optimized Approach
3 Sum problem(2 pointer approach) Here,I discussed classic problem of both 3 Sum and 4 Sum problem. 3 Sum Problem Problem Statement Find all unique tr…
Recovering Corrupted ROS 2 Bags Without a ROS 2 Runtime
Robots do not always fail gracefully. A delivery robot can hit an obstacle. A lawn-mowing robot can lose power. An inspection robot can emergency-stop…