Building a C++ HTTP Server from Scratch (Part 1): Setting Up TCP Sockets
Introduction In this series I will be going through how to build an HTTP Server from scratch in C++ using POSIX APIs, and actually have it serve a web…
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The circular_buffer trap: how a 'faster' data structure spiked my CPU from 2% to 25%
There's a special kind of bug that only shows up after you've made your code "better." You swap in the data structure everyone agrees is more efficien…
🚀 Mastering OOP for Interviews : Understanding Abstraction from First Principles (C++)
Series: Master OOP for Software Engineering Interviews Introduction Ask ten beginner developers: "What is abstraction?" Most answers sound like this: …
Typemock Releases Isolator++ 5.4.5 with Expanded Linux Support, Visual Studio 2026 Integration, and Improved Runtime Reliability
New release helps C++ teams test confidently across more compilers, modern development environments, and Visual Studio 2026 TEL AVIV, Israel – July 13…
10 VS Code snippets essential for every C++ engineer
Why use snippets in the era of AI agents? AI can generate code faster than ever. A single prompt can produce entire classes, build files or test suite…
My reasoning engine proved that 114 is prime — a debugging story about negation
zelph> 114 testprime 114 ( 114 isprime 114 ) ⇐ {(¬( 114 hasdivisor D)) ( 114 testprime 114 )} 114 is 2 · 3 · 19. My engine was very confident it's …
How to hide strings in C++ binaries with consteval
How to hide strings in C++ binaries with consteval — and why it beats xorstr The problem Every C++ binary has strings. strings.exe reads them. Competi…
A small C++ library for sending structured commands and telemetry between devices — no schema files, just add your parameters and serialize
If you've ever tried to build a simple command/telemetry protocol between a PC and a fleet of SDR receivers, sensors, or embedded devices, you know th…
Vix.cpp v2.7.0 is out: a stronger foundation for native C++ applications
Vix.cpp v2.7.0 is out: a stronger foundation for native C++ applications Vix.cpp v2.7.0 is out. This release is an important foundation point for the …
How to optimize IO in C++
Preface Link to the repository containing all examples Back when I was at my first class of Data Structures and Algorithms, I started to solve competi…
C++ Crash Pattern S5 — Race‑Condition Crashes: How to Diagnose and Fix Them
Why race‑condition crashes only appear under specific timing, vanish under debugging, and produce different stack traces on every run. Race‑condition …
Vix.cpp v2.6.3: Stability, Benchmarks, and a Stronger C++ Runtime
Vix.cpp v2.6.3: Stability, Benchmarks, and a Stronger C++ Runtime Vix.cpp v2.6.3 is now available. This release is not about adding a huge new feature…
Quill vs spdlog: Which C++ Logger Is Better for Low-Latency Applications?
Logging has a habit of ending up in the places you care about most. It starts as a few lines for visibility. Then those lines appear in request handli…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
C++26: A Comprehensive Technical Deep Dive
1. Executive Summary 1.1 C++26 Design Philosophy 1.1.1 Simplicity, Safety, and Performance The C++26 standard represents a pivotal evolution in the la…
Mastering State in Modern C++: Making It Explicit
Passing state as data in the functional core–imperative shell In an earlier post , we saw that the functional core – imperative shell pattern reduces …
OneDialect — Unified Assistive Communication System (UACS)
A production-grade embedded system enabling communication across speech, text, Morse, and haptic signals within a single unified pipeline. Project Lin…