title	conference	date
Responsibly Abandoning Open Source Projects	NDC Copenhagen 2026	2026-06-01
Project reaches a real finish when it has automated CI that runs static analysis (Clang‑Tidy, RUFF, Clippy), unit and integration tests, runtime sanitizers… Talk on
Expression-based Programming for Better Code?	NDC Toronto 2026	2026-05-05
Claim: treating statements like expressions and moving each control block into its own function yields smaller, clearer C++ code that leverages RVO/NRVO, tail… Talk on
Implicit Conversions Considered Harmful	NDC TechTown 2025	2025-09-22
Implicit conversions create surprising behavior and hidden costs: converting string literals to std::string makes temporaries and extra copies, pair-to-pair… Talk on
The Power and Pain of Hidden Symbols in C++ Programming	C++ on Sea 2025	2025-06-23
Claim: making symbols -fvisibility=hidden by default and exporting only the intended API, then enabling link-time optimization, shrinks and speeds real C++… Talk on
consteval All The Things?	ACCU 2025	2025-04-01
Consteval is a C++20 tool that forces compile-time evaluation but also requires arguments to be constant expressions, so ordinary function parameters are never… Talk on
Secrets of C++ Scripting Bindings: Bridging Compile Time and Run Time	CppCon 2024	2024-09-15
Starts from first principles and actually builds a tiny scripting engine (complete, runnable 96-line engine) that registers C++ functions via template… Talk on
How To Use `constexpr` In C++23	NDC TechTown 2024	2024-09-09
C++23 widens what can run at compile time and the rules matter: you cannot deallocate memory not allocated during constant evaluation, use reinterpret_cast, or… Talk on
Understanding The constexpr 2-Step	C++ on Sea 2024	2024-07-02
Explains the constexpr two-step: generate dynamic data at compile time with constexpr new/delete, copy it into an oversized stack-style array, then create a… Talk on
OLD VERSION: Understanding The constexpr 2-Step	C++ on Sea 2024	2024-07-02
C++20 makes std::vector and std::string usable in constant expressions yet direct constexpr heap allocation fails because memory allocated at compile time must… Talk on
Workshop Interview - Understanding Object Lifetime For Efficient and Safer C++	C++ on Sea 2024	2024-07-02
Hands‑on workshop that teaches the concrete rules and gotchas that change code size, safety, and speed: exact object lifetime semantics, when an rvalue… Interview on
Great C++ is_trivial: trivial type traits	CppCon 2023	2023-10-02
Claim: knowing the exact is_trivially_destructible and trivially copyable rules makes performance questions about moves and copies moot. Shows concrete… Talk on
Why Data Access Patterns Have Always Mattered	NDC TechTown 2023	2023-09-18
Argues that memory layout and access order still drive performance, backing it with a 6502 assembly comparison where a linked list costs 49–64 cycles vs 43–57… Talk on
Back to Basics: C++ API Design	CppCon 2022	2022-09-11
Argues for concrete rules: mark getters no discard, mark non‑throwing functions no accept, prefer returning unique_ptr or an expected‑style type over raw… Talk on
The Power Of Compile-Time Resources	CppNorth 2022	2022-07-18
A tool converts a known JSON schema into generated C++ files (document.hpp, document_impul.hpp, document.cpp) that emit inline constexpr objects so the schema… Talk on
The Best Parts of C++	CppNorth 2022	2022-07-18
C++ evolves by adding concrete tools that reduce bugs and boilerplate: RAII/unique_ptr eliminates leaks, const and deterministic destruction tighten… Talk on
Making C++ Fun, Safe, and Accessible	C++ on Sea 2022	2022-07-05
Claims that C++ can be fun, safe, and accessible backed by concrete artifacts: puzzle books that teach object lifetime and copy/reference semantics, 331 weekly… Talk on
Your New Mental Model of constexpr	CppCon 2021	2021-10-24
Claim: constexpr is best viewed as moving work from runtime to compile time along a constexpr continuum (0–100%). Tools and standards: C++20 features, CTRE… Talk on
Garbage In, Pearls Out?	NDC TechTown 2021	2021-08-30
Builds a working IR pass through for a distributed audio system that turns noisy, low‑quality remote captures into reliable commands by detecting leader… Talk on
Great C++ is_trivial	CppCon 2019	2019-09-15
Defines exactly which type traits let the compiler elide work and shows concrete assembly and compiler behaviors: ints and trivial aggregates compile to… Talk on
The Best Parts of C++	CppCon 2019	2019-09-15
Survey of roughly 25 major features across C++98–C++20 shows concrete wins: make_unique (C++14) fixes common allocation idioms, guaranteed copy elision (C++17)… Talk on
C++ Code Smells	CppCon 2019	2019-09-15
Argues that hundreds of C++ best-practice rules collapse into a handful of actionable smells: missing const, ignored compiler warnings, and heavy use of moves… Talk on
C++ Code Smells	NDC TechTown 2019	2019-09-02
Counts about 748 best-practice rules but narrows to concrete smells and fixes: construction vs assignment leads to needless temporaries but modern GCC9 often… Talk on
Surprises in Object Lifetime	CppCon 2018	2018-09-23
Concrete surprises: implicit wrappers like reference_wrapper and string_view produce dangling references with no compiler warnings, returning or binding to… Talk on
Applied Best Practices	CppCon 2018	2018-09-23
Builds a constexpr ARM emulator plus GUI, ELF parser and tiny linker that actually compiles and steps code at compile time so unit tests that compile are… Talk on
Practical C++17	Meeting C++ 2017	2017-11-09
Applying C++17 to a 25k LOC project shows concrete wins and pitfalls: ChaiScript (25k LOC) used as the testbed reveals noexcept in the type system gives ~1%… Talk on
Practical constexpr	Meeting C++ 2017	2017-11-09
Applies constexpr across a 25k line ChaiScript codebase and reports concrete effects: many indiscriminate changes show 0% change while a few targeted… Talk on
“constexpr ALL the Things!”	CppCon 2017	2017-09-24
Builds a real constexpr JSON parser and even a constexpr regex engine using constexpr lambdas and a user-defined literal template (GCC/Clang extension)… Talk on
“Practical C++17”	CppCon 2017	2017-09-24
Porting a 25k-line header-only project, ChaiScript, to C++17 yields concrete wins and traps: class template deduction guides collapse dozens of overloads and… Talk
“Rich Code for Tiny Computers: A Simple Commodore 64 Game in C++17”	CppCon 2016	2016-09-18
Uses C++17 and Compiler Explorer to compile idiomatic C++ into 386 assembly then translate that into 6510/6502 code with an x86-to-6502 reassembler, building a… Talk on
“Practical Performance Practices"	CppCon 2016	2016-09-18
ChaiScript becomes roughly 100x faster over six years by simplifying idiomatic C++ rather than adding a VM or JIT, with concrete wins: caching parsed integers… Talk on
What We've Learned From the C++ Community	CppCon 2016	2016-09-18
CppCast documents 70 interviews across 1.5 years and surfaces concrete takeaways: reverse debugging (rr, Undo) lets developers step backward to find a crash… Talk on
“The Current State of (free) Static Analysis"	CppCon 2015	2015-09-21
Survey of free tools (Cppcheck, Clang static analyzer, Visual Studio analyzer, Coverity Scan, Metrics++, copy‑paste detector) compares real failures: several… Talk on
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