The first podcast for C++ developers, by C++ developers!

With hosts Timur Doumler and Phil Nash.

Every two weeks, or so, we sit down with guests from the C++ community to discuss the latest news and what they have been up to.

With hosts Timur Doumler and Phil Nash.

Every two weeks, or so, we sit down with guests from the C++ community to discuss the latest news and what they have been up to.


Latest episode

Type Erasure, SIMD-Within-a-Register and more

Episode 392, published Sunday, 20 Oct 2024

Eduardo Madrid joins Phil and Timur. Eduardo talks to us about the Zoo libraries, including his advanced type-erasure library, as well as the SWAR library which simulates ad-hoc SIMD within a register. We also discuss how he has taken inspiration and cues from the worlds of Biology and Physics to arrive at new thinking around software development, design and architecture.

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Recent episodes

Parsing and Analysing C++

Episode 391, published Friday, 04 Oct 2024

Yuri Minaev joins Timur and Phil. Yuri talks to us about static analysis and how PVS Studio helps. Then we chat about his work on a custom C++ parser, and what challenges he's encountered.

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CppCon 2024 Live Special

Episode 390, published Friday, 20 Sep 2024

Phil and Timur are joined by a live audience at CppCon as we chat about Safety in C++, AI and the running of CppCast itself.

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Benchmarking Language Keywords

Episode 389, published Friday, 06 Sep 2024

Benjamin Summerton joins Timur and Phil. Ben talks to us about what led him to benchmark the impact of the final and noexcept keywords, how to interpret his results, and the project that inspired him to do so in the first place.

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Reducing Binary Sizes

Episode 388, published Friday, 09 Aug 2024

Sándor Dargó joins Phil and Anastasia Kazakova. Sándor talks to us about why and how to reduce the final binary sizes your code produces, as well as the importance of clean code.

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For the complete back catalog of episodes, go to our dedicated episodes page.