Arne Mertz
where else to find them
github:arnemertz
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what they talk about
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where they keep going back
- Meeting C++7 editions2016–2025
- NDC TechTown3 editions2022–2025
- C++ on Sea3 editions2019–2024
all 4 in the filters
on a stage with
never shared a talk
who talks about the same things
- Kate Gregory27 talks
- Peter Sommerlad32 talks
- Victor Ciura50 talks
- Sandor Dargo17 talks
- David Sankel15 talks
- Roth Michaels14 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| "Just switch the compiler", they said | Meeting C++ 2025 | 2025-11-06 |
Describes concrete migration work: setting up new toolchains and CI, using Dockerized builds to run old and new compilers in parallel, tracking costly licenses… | ||
| "Just switch the compiler", they said. | NDC TechTown 2025 | 2025-09-22 |
Switching a compiler takes months not minutes and requires new dev environments, CI nodes and rebuilt binaries for every dependency, with real failures like a… | ||
| Core and other guidelines: the good, the bad, the ...questionable? | Meeting C++ 2024 | 2024-11-14 |
Covers concrete claims: guidelines succeed or fail on rationale and context, not topic names. Shows tooling used — clang-tidy checks, clang-format and GSL —… | ||
| Core and other guidelines. The good, the bad, the... questionable? | NDC TechTown 2024 | 2024-09-09 |
Compares C++ Core Guidelines to how teams actually apply them, showing concrete harms and fixes: rule of five causes needless boilerplate and copy/move advice… | ||
| Properties Of Unit Tests in C++ | C++ on Sea 2024 | 2024-07-02 |
Argues unit tests must be tiny and fast — aim for milliseconds per test so thousands run in minutes; expect roughly 10:1 test:prod code and design tests to be… | ||
| C++ Core and Other C++ Guidelines - The Good, the Bad, the… Questionable? | C++ on Sea 2024 | 2024-07-02 |
Compares C++ Core Guidelines to how teams actually apply them, showing concrete mismatches: boilerplate from blindly applying the rule of five, projects… | ||
| Properties of Unit Tests | Meeting C++ 2022 | 2022-11-17 |
Clear, practical checklist of what makes unit tests useful: concrete properties (correctness, isolation, readability), design consequences (dependency… | ||
| Properties of Unit Tests | NDC TechTown 2022 | 2022-08-29 |
Argues that unit tests must be fast, isolated, and precise: use dependency injection and mocks instead of touching files or databases, separate infrastructure… | ||
| Identifying Common Code Smells (In C++) | NDC TechTown 2022 | 2022-08-29 |
Examines concrete C++ smells and fixes with real examples: a 260-line main refactored into helpers and small classes, long conditionals turned into named… | ||
| Identifying Common Code Smells | C++ on Sea 2022 | 2022-07-05 |
Shows concrete instances: a 250‑line SFML "tennis" main and a ~100‑line Qt example that reveal long functions and deeply nested control flow; spots magic… | ||
| Phantastic Code Smells and where to find them | Meeting C++ 2019 | 2019-11-14 |
Enumerates concrete smells (long functions, deep nesting, complicated boolean expressions, premature generalization) with examples from SFML, Qt and vendor SDK… | ||
| Clean(er) Code for Large Scale Legacy Applications | ACCU 2019 | 2019-04-10 |
Argues that large C++ codebases (millions of LOC) can be tamed by a dedicated team, prioritized small steps, and tests; uses repo mining (Your Code Is a Crime… | ||
| Learning (and teaching) modern C++ - Challenges and Resources | C++ on Sea 2019 | 2019-02-04 |
Defines modern C++ as three concrete pillars: new language and library features (C++11/14/17 and upcoming), the compilers and optimizer support that make… | ||
| Bringing Clean Code to large scale legacy Applications | Meeting C++ 2018 | 2018-11-15 |
Practical plan: focus refactoring on hotspots not the whole million‑to‑ten‑million‑line mess, add tests (start with integration then carve unit tests), use… | ||
| Code Reviews - Why, what and how | Meeting C++ 2017 | 2017-11-09 |
Shows empirical claims and concrete practices: historical studies report 20–30% bug reduction from inspections, automated tests overlap but don’t replace… | ||
| Learning (and teaching) modern C++ - Challenges and Resources | ACCU 2017 | 2017-04-24 |
Argues that “modern C++” means using current standard features and best practices (RAII, unique_ptr, lock_guard) rather than old C idioms, noting a MeetingCpp… | ||
| Learning and teaching modern C++ | Meeting C++ 2016 | 2016-11-18 |
Argues that "modern C++" means a pragmatic subset of best practices combining old and new features, not just new standards or templates; cites a 469-vote poll… | ||
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