Suman Kumar

Bjarne Stroustrup is the creator of C++ and a former researcher at Bell Labs at its peak. I interviewed him about: • What made Bell Labs different • Programming language design: types, memory safety, bootstrapping • When abstraction improves performance • Anecdotes from building C++ • Thoughts on AI writing C++ • Mistakes he'd change while building C++ Where to watch: • YouTube: youtu.be/U46fJ2bJ-co • Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/52pEgo… • Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… • Transcript: developing.dev/p/creator-of-c… Thank you to this episode's sponsors for supporting my work: • Cursor 3: a unified workspace for building software with agents, check it out at cursor.com • WorkOS: makes your app Enterprise Ready with easy to use APIs to add SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and more in just a few lines of code, check them out at workos.com Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - The origin of C++ 8:46 - What Bell Labs was like 17:24 - Dennis Ritchie 24:00 - When to build a programming language 31:59 - Bootstrapping a language 33:58 - C++ is not object-oriented 37:32 - Discussing type systems 46:20 - Memory safety 49:26 - Standards committee anecdotes 1:09:40 - Adding automatic garbage collection to C++ 1:18:25 - Template instantiation is Turing complete 1:21:57 - Abstraction and performance 1:28:51 - AI writing code 1:35:54 - His motivation 1:39:18 - Famous quotes 1:46:48 - Reflecting on building C++ 1:49:12 - Top C++ book recommendation 1:50:59 - Advice for his younger self 1:58:06 - Outro

Creator of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup: AI-generated code isn't ready — it generates more bugs, more bloat, more security holes, and is nearly impossible to validate "senior developers are already retiring rather than deal with it" The problem is that even a small prompt change can shift the entire codebase in unpredictable ways

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This might be the most important AI lecture of 2026. Geoffrey Hinton just explained where AI is truly heading. No hype. No theory. Just the future. Bookmark this before it disappears from your feed.

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Demis Hassabis: "In the near future, one person who knows AI will outperform an entire startup team" I've watched hundreds of AI talks, this 60-minute Cambridge lecture is the one I wish I had seen a year ago this is the Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, CEO of Google DeepMind and the guy who made AI solve biology here's the part I can't stop thinking about: > the AI you're using today is the dumbest it will ever be > in 5 years the gap between people using AI and people who aren't will be impossible to hide > companies will run on 10 people doing what 200 used to do > the ones who get there first won't be the smartest, they'll be the ones who started right now right now the average person opens Claude, types something, gets an answer, closes the tab they think they're using AI, but they're using maybe 10% of it I turned his lecture into 18 steps to actually use Claude the way it was designed, copy-paste prompts included full guide in the post below.

Godfather of AI: "If you sleep well tonight, you may not have understood this lecture." This 47-minute lecture is the best thing I saw about AI in the last few months. It will definitely help you understand how it actually works and where it's going. Geoffrey Hinton built the neural networks behind every AI alive, then quit Google to warn the world about it. The part nobody wanted to hear: > AI is already developing abilities its creators didn't intend > in most cognitive tasks it's already ahead of us > the question is no longer if it surpasses us but when > the only decision left is which side of that line you're on Right now the average person opens Claude, types something, gets an answer, closes the tab. They think they're using AI. they're using maybe 10% of it. I went through his entire lecture, built a practical system from what he was describing. 18 steps to actually use Claude the right way, with copy-paste prompts that work today. Full guide in the post below.

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Instead of watching an hour of Netflix tonight. This 45-minute Stanford lecture will teach you more about building companies than most founders learn in years. Bookmark it & give it 45 minutes today. Your future self will thank you.

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