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Are you sure? This is explicitly not a ‘derivative’ and has a fascinating coroutine with multiprocess architecture. I would not automatically expect it to be too slow.

I agree re the old ones though. But they did far less. This design is heavy on completing templates. That’s tricky!

Just one data point, because I have to get it off my heart. I loved Modern C++ when it meant C++11, but I've become more negative with each new language standard reaching my workplace.

Using string_view over string by default is probably the #1 cause of memory errors that landed on my desk. I also keep hearing that "int x{0}" is preferable to "int x = 0" which allows for super dangerous implicit conversions, but then the same people rewrite push_back into emplace_back, which is much more lenient w.r.t. type conversions. It is also much easier to litter every function with [[nodiscard]] constexpr nothrow than it is to argue for readability.

My best explanation is that "Modern C++" is making developers biased towards whatever language feature is newer, instead of making good decisions. I wish the community gave up on the moniker.

Yes. Using C++23 in work with house-built coroutine abstraction is very fun and robust. Have to admit that it just requires certain level of skills of your colleague, and unfortunately general hires don't have.

Maybe they are referring to Effective Modern C++ book by Scott Meyers.

I think "modern" is used to contrast newer C++ standards from C++98.

I'm not against agentic coding, but insanely verbose commit messages in place of actual decision making records are definitely an anti-pattern.

Requirements, specs, and ADRs shouldn't be thrown out with agentic development. I've found that using rust-style `r[rule.id]` for requirements and specs with ADRs works a lot better than verbose commits.

Requirements cover what, specs cover how, ADRs cover why, and git commits cover when.

I'm not a C++ expert, but I don't see anything in the shown snippet that would cause a language server crash, so I imagine the server is crashing on something off screen.

I could understand them showing off crash recovery by using code deliberately written to crash the language server, and so not being something you can "fix".

To distract people on HN. I'd do the same thing

I think you might be reading a bit much into it. People have blog posts with their pets, children, a random vacation spot, or just a random picture they wanted to share; I'm not sure why the anime girl is that different. Or is there some extra context I am missing?

It's just art that the author puts in all their blog post. I think it's perfectly normal.

You'll find the most cracked C++ programmers are either transgender, gay or anime fanatics. It is what it is.

First time here?

Just teasing - but there's a pretty large overlap of skilled FOSS developers and anime afficionatos (and also LGBT). It's a pretty common joke that if an exploit drops with an anime girl on the video / account - you know it's about to get bad.

Looking at the blog, this is a common theme with them: every article starts with a shot from some anime. Their GH PFP matches: https://github.com/16bit-ykiko

Hard to say why - maybe that's what they're watching when they made the article or did the work or something? Maybe they just like it. Maybe they're degens. People can be enigmatic sometimes. Well... okay, they're a C++ developer, they're definitely a degen.

Anyway, the first few times may catch you off guard, and sometimes it goes too far, but you learn to tune it out pretty fast. It's harmless and I'm glad they're enjoying themselves.

I mean this with no offense, but I find surprising reading a comment such as yours when in your profile about says "they/them"