Ryonald Teofilo

If you’re anything like me who struggled with acne growing up, you may have also mistaken pImpl idiom as some clever wordplay on the facial...

Continuing from the last post, we discussed atomic read, write and read-modify-write. However, we have yet to discuss arguably the most...

The radioactive part of C++, std::atomic was added in C++11 as a way to declare an atomic variable - a variable whose value changes...

As discussed in Memory and Data Alignment in C++, memory alignment is commonly used for optimisation. One of the methods is cache line...

Understanding data structures and how they are manipulated as we add, remove and modify data is important to help make better decisions when writing code. Choosing the right data structure depending...

Data or memory alignment is a significant concept in software development that surprisingly is not discussed often. Mostly because of how...

The inline keyword has got to be the most misunderstood keyword in C++. I remember when I first started, most online sources solely...

Copy and move elision is an optimisation technique used by many C++ compilers to avoid unnecessary copying and moving of temporary variables. This speeds up processes that may otherwise be slow and...

Template programming is a powerful built-in feature of C++ that most developers neglect to take the time to truly understand — mostly because it “just works”. However, it is important to be cognizant of the...

C++ is a popular programming language, but it is also known to be difficult to grasp. One of the obscure concepts in the language is the...