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The Language Belongs to the People Who Write It C++ is a working language. It runs the engines and the pipelines and the quiet infrastructure underneath almost everything people depend on, usually without anyone noticing it is there. And for forty years i

Doc Previews and Doc Builds Progress on isomorphic-git: after the pull request "support git commands run in submodules" was merged and released, Antora updated their version of isomorphic-git so the new features are live there also. The maintainer of Anto

During Q2 2026, I've been working in the following areas: boost::container::hub The Boost official review took place April 16-26. The library was accepted as part of Boost.Container. Many thanks to the review manager, Ion Gaztañaga, and all the people who

The questions changed. For a long time, people asked about MrDocs in the abstract: what formats will it support, how will it handle templates, when will it be ready. Then, gradually, the questions became specific. Jean-Louis Leroy, the author of Boost.Ope

We had been putting off the Boost.URL security review for a while. There was always something more urgent. When the review finally happened, it confirmed what we hoped: the core parsing logic held up well. Around the same time, a constexpr feature request

During Q1 2026, I've been working in the following areas: Boost.Container The rewritten boost::container::deque shipped in 1.90. Leaner container and iterators. Details and benchmarks against libstdc++, libc++ and MSVC STL on my blog: Inside Boost.Contain

When new developers joined the MrDocs team, we expected the usual ramp-up: learning the codebase, understanding the architecture, and getting comfortable with the review process. What we did not expect was that building and testing the project would be th

First some personal news. To keep my coding skills sharp(ish), I updated my simulation of Greek and Persian triremes (rowed war-galleys with big bronze rams) with better graphics (splashy bows, greying sea and skies in strong wind, fire pots to illuminate

Joining Community Early in Q1 2026, I joined the C++ Alliance. A very exciting moment. So I began to work early January under Joaquin's mentorship, with the idea of having a clear contribution to Boost Graph by the end of Q1. After a few days of auditing

Modules in using std::cpp 2026 C++20 modules have been in the standard for 6 years already, but we're not seeing widespread adoption. The ecosystem is still getting ready. As a quick example, import std, an absolute blessing for compile times, requires bu