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I'm hiring a senior backend dev to help me build our Virtual Power Plant @ Branch Energy. If you're looking to #GetFediHired, know some #rustlang (or maybe #cpp or #GoLang or whatnot and are keen to learn), we’re fully remote and in U.S. timezones^1.

Our stack is Rust + Python for ML, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, Helm & TF.

https://branchenergy.com/for-business

(1. There's a very limited on call element which would mean we need someone able to cover U.S. evenings at times, so won't be looking in Europe.)

I had some C++ strict aliasing/type-punning questions and stumbled upon this excellent guide from @shafik

https://gist.github.com/shafik/848ae25ee209f698763cffee272a58f8

I'm now staring enviously at bit_cast from our C++17 codebase.

#CPP #C

Qt Widgets to Qt Quick, An Application Journey Part 1
https://www.qt.io/blog/qtwidgets-to-qtquick-application-journey-part1
#QtDev
#cpp
#cplusplus

Book of the Day: Programming: Principles and practice using C++ (3rd edition) by Bjarne Stroustrup
https://meetingcpp.com/mcpp/books/book.php?hash=9ed5a553bc91428505b8f47c3cb04f0df89c630a
#cplusplus
#cpp

Minimalistic Music Composition with C++ – Xyzzy – ADCx Gather 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x49IxlrkqI
#coding #cplusplus #cpp #programming

Visual Studio Code CMake Tools 1.22: Target bookmarks and better CTest output

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/visual-studio-code-cmake-tools-1-22-target-bookmarks-and-better-ctest-output/

#vscode #cmake #cpp #ctest #softwaredev

Spinning around: Please don't!
https://www.siliceum.com/en/blog/post/spinning-around/?s=r
#cpp
#cplusplus

Integers in C/C++. It's a never-ending story of WTFs. You all know about INT_MIN, I assume, and that it's -INT_MAX - 1, right? So we should be able to write it as -0x8000'0000, or so I assumed. But no, 0x8000'0000 is parsed as an unsigned int with the subsequent unary minus doing exactly nothing. That's why `c` still has the correct value. However `cl` is converted from unsigned int using zero extension rather than sign extension. 😱

#cplusplus #cpp

int a = -0x7fff'fffe;
int b = -0x7fff'ffff;
int c = -0x8000'0000;

long al = -0x7fff'fffe;
long bl = -0x7fff'ffff;
long cl = -0x8000'0000;

"a":
.long -2147483646
"b":
.long -2147483647
"c":
.long -2147483648
"al":
.quad -2147483646
"bl":
.quad -2147483647
"cl":
.quad 2147483648

Hopefully these two #cpp books will help me get out of the programming slump I'm in.

Two books: A worn copy of "The Design and Evolution of C++" and a shiny copy of "A Tour of C++", 3rd edition, both by Bjarne Stroustrup.

Qt Creator 18.0.2 released
https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-18.0.2-released
#QtDev
#cpp
#cplusplus

#CppPollOfToday: Are you currently looking for a new C++ job?
https://meetingcpp.com/mcpp/survey/?q=41
#cplusplus
#cpp

Would you like to present at C++Now 2025? Then submit a proposal before February 10th

Proposals can be submitted from our Presenters Page here https://cppnow.org/presenters/

#cpp #cplusplus #programming

#cpp #cppnow #programming #softwareengineering

New book listed at Meeting C++: the second edition of Software Architecture with C++: Designing robust C++ systems with modern architectural practices
https://meetingcpp.com/mcpp/books/book.php?hash=76eab09472533d610f2bf930716181978d0c761e
#cpp
#cplusplus

Puring undefined behavior and Intel assumptions in Legacy Codebases - Roth Michaels - MeetingC++2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7SZdhrEsic
#cpp
#cplusplus

In the last episode of this series, you will learn how to write a SOAP server in C++/Qt, starting from a WSDL file that describes the service to be implemented. #QtDev #Cpp #CPlusPlus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9dJ7XJykfM