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Today's post is probably easier and shorter than usual. But that doesn't mean the feature is any less powerful. [...]

I published a new C++ insights episode: How type-traits work. [...]

Today I like to share a pattern I have used for some time. The pattern is generally well-received whenever I present it during one of my training courses. I still don't know [...]

I published a new C++ insights episode: The traps of returning references. [...]

I assume you all know C++17's type-safe replacement for unions: std::variant. Here you look at a great replacement for unions as it knows the active type and destructs that object [...]

I published a new C++ insights episode: Recursion-free templates with C++17s fold expressions. [...]

The feature of constant evaluation is nothing new in 2023. You have constexpr available since C++11. Yet, in many of my classes, I see that people still struggle with constexpr [...]

I published a new C++ insights episode: User-provided vs. user-declared. [...]

This year we celebrate the 5th anniversary of C++ Insights! [...]

In today's post, you learn or get reminded about an interesting benefit of uniform initialization. [...]