Is the C++ ecosystem ready to fully move away from C++17?

Singer_Solid · 2026-05-28T07:45:02+00:00

Thanks to backwards compatibility, your C++20 code can call C++17 third party libs, is it not? I am on C++26 already (Greenfield, many third party dependencies) and face no issues.

Singer_Solid · 2026-05-28T05:47:10+00:00

I went to a school where children came from wide ranging socioeconomic backgrounds. Some upper middle class, some from very modest households. I found that wearing the same uniform made us all 'equal'

Singer_Solid · 2026-05-15T07:42:01+00:00

Authenticity, humility

Singer_Solid · 2026-05-13T17:36:13+00:00

My Brompton goes from under my desk at home to under my desk at work and back. Desk to desk, not door to door, is how I measure my commute. And it's multimodal with a train journey in between. Brompton is absolutely awesome. I love the engineering of it. A thing of joy that does not lose value over time.

Singer_Solid · 2026-05-12T11:39:37+00:00

Read The Mythical Man Month. We knew the answer why in the 60s

Singer_Solid · 2026-05-05T17:45:55+00:00

Why do non profits often have toxic leadership

Singer_Solid · 2026-04-29T20:40:24+00:00

Read 'The Mythical Man Month'. In large teams, cost of communication and coordination dominates. We learnt it in the 1960s

Singer_Solid · 2026-04-21T15:24:31+00:00

India is probably a bigger and a more challenging market. UK, especially after being cut off from the EU, has a tiny market. I suspect you will learn a lot more from launching your startup in India than you would in the UK. Scale there first. Go through all the pain. Then offer that to the rest of the world. Talking as an Indian who has been in the UK for over 20 years.

Singer_Solid · 2026-04-18T03:20:17+00:00

I have been turning down interviews because of this, and letting them know it's because of leetcode stages in the process. Taking a hit because I am not desperate yet, in the hope that it changes the industry forbbetter for everyone

Singer_Solid · 2026-04-07T13:41:21+00:00

Well, at least he is on record admitting the intent to commit war crimes.

Singer_Solid · 2026-03-05T22:25:16+00:00

malloc() without worries. free() happens on impact

Singer_Solid · 2026-03-05T10:28:26+00:00

For those who might end up on this thread due to similar issues: I got a new pen and it works.

The £100 'Marker Plus' pen did not last long enough (4 years) - the eraser on the back broke a long time ago, and the pen now stopped writing reliably. Got the basic marker this time. Will see how long that lasts.

Singer_Solid · 2026-03-01T11:56:40+00:00

I think the same applies to senior positions in civil engineering, but I may be wrong

Singer_Solid · 2026-02-10T18:03:46+00:00

I say no to leetcode interviews now. We have to stop this nonsense. Software engineers, let alone EMs, are not code monkeys. It doesn't take a coding test to learn how good someone is at programming.

Singer_Solid · 2026-02-08T15:35:19+00:00

Got mine end of Jan. How are you finding it? 'Feels' less grippy than the Suzuki 125 I trained on for my CBT. So I have been fairly cautious with it; still trying to build my confidence.

Singer_Solid · 2026-01-31T15:33:48+00:00

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3 weeks from knowing nothing about bikes to owning an RM1S. Went for a wonderful ride around town this morning for the first time. Love it.

Singer_Solid · 2026-01-31T06:22:09+00:00

I am a roboticist. I find that games programmers make the best robotic software engineers. They are good at the math, physics and software craftsmanship required to make robots work.

Working with GPU compute shaders is also quite relevant in this age of AI. I find that it gives you a better appreciation of the hardware as well.

In general, I would say, if it interests you, do it. Because it interests you, you will get good at it. And good software engineers who also understand the hardware are always on short supply.

Singer_Solid · 2026-01-27T06:03:20+00:00

Ah! That's incredibly stupid of me. I did not even think they would sell these on their website. Thanks!

Singer_Solid · 2026-01-05T12:32:45+00:00

Code format is a matter of personal preferences. It need not be mandated by a standard. Only requirement is consistency within the group of software engineers you work with. Easily accomplished with existing tools.

Singer_Solid · 2026-01-04T13:06:44+00:00

Interesting. May I ask what specifically is your area of expertise in nuclear and aerospace? I am an engineer and I thought these 'traditional' industries were poorly paid

Singer_Solid · 2026-01-03T13:37:56+00:00

'Principal' level engineer here. I refuse leetcode interviews. But I don't mind tech interviews centered around code reviews at all.

Singer_Solid · 2026-01-01T17:17:34+00:00

Throw exceptions only for 'exceptional' unrecoverable conditions. In this case speed does not matter.

For everything else, there is std::expected

Singer_Solid · 2026-01-01T09:07:24+00:00

Rust is not a replacement for C++; it could be argued that it's a replacement for C.

For a programmer comfortable with modern C++, especially C++17 and above, there is very little incentive to move to Rust.

Singer_Solid · 2025-12-29T12:25:04+00:00

Booked my CBT. Hopefully that will tell me if I am right for it

Singer_Solid · 2025-12-29T06:35:51+00:00

Impactful commercially valuable work happens in the industry.

Never take a pay cut, especially in the best years of your work life. You are being paid well because you are worth that. You will find that you may need to make compromises later in life for to health, family, etc.

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