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I need extra C/C++ performance now. How?

Hello everyone, today we are going to talk about C++ performance. Again, another “usual” perf blog as you may think. I promise to give really practical advice and don’t get bullshitty (okay, a little bit) talks about how C++ is performant. We are gonna roast the compilers and think about what we should do about… by Danila Kutenin October 8, 2020October 8, 2020

Why is std::pair broken?

Today we are going to talk about C++ basic std::pair class in a way how and why it is broken. Story std::pair first appeared in C++98 as a pretty basic class with a very simple semantics — you have two types T1 and T2, you can write std::pair and access .first and .second members… by Danila Kutenin April 13, 2020

How to crack HashCode competition with some engineering skills?

Hi everyone, hashcode is over. As now I can tell anything, I want just to tell how I was solving this problem, my methodologies, overall the structure of the data sets. I am not going to provide any internals and whatsoever, all data can be checked and much of it is my personal opinion though… by Danila Kutenin March 13, 2020

How to contribute to Abseil with a visible performance gain?

Overview of Abseil Abseil is a great C++ library with a special and unique philosophy inside it. While there is a lot of debate what C++ is prioritizing more – portability or performance with possibly breaking changes, Abseil library aims in a standard compatible way to provide best library features of all standards sometimes with… by Danila Kutenin January 12, 2020