Craig Scott

Very pleased to make the public announcement that I'm now offering consulting services through my new company, Crascit Pty Ltd. Interested in having me work with you on your CMake, C++ or build/release issues? Then get in touch! crascit.com/2019/09/06/cma…

Hot take: Pull requests that state "I vibe-coded this..." or "I put this together with AI tool XYZ..." seem to align with "I don't understand this change as well as I should", and especially with "I didn't check this change as carefully as if I wrote it myself." 🤔 I'm curious why authors feel the need to state that at all. It's used almost like an "I don't take responsibility for this change" escape hatch, as though that somehow absolves them from having to put the time in to make sure the change is correct. There are few stronger signals to a reviewer that the author isn't meeting the bar for due diligence.

I just mistyped "whitespace" as "shitespace" in a git commit message and now I'm wondering if that would have actually been a more accurate term.

The 22nd Edition of Professional CMake: A Practical Guide is now available. It has been updated for CMake 4.1 and 4.2, mostly with minor updates and incremental additions. Get it from the usual place: crascit.com/professional-c…

The last line effect is real: "The probability of making a mistake in the last pasted block of code is 4 times higher than in any other block." Quoted from the following article, if you want more background: @Code_Analysis/the-last-line-effect-7b1cb7f0d2a1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@Code_Analysis…

@kobi_ca @bretbrownjr No problems with conferences in Canada (you're the second to ask that though). It's only the USA with growing concerns for foreigners entering the country.

@crascit @bretbrownjr 🇨🇦?

Given the growing concerns non-US folks may have about conditions entering the US, attending conferences in the US is nearing "non-starter" status. As much as I love CppCon, what would y'all consider the premier C++ conference these days outside the US? @bretbrownjr @kobi_ca @supahvee1234 @timur_audio

Want some git fun? Create a branch in your repository called "prototype" or "constructor". See if your git GUI tool treats it the same as your other branches. At least one popular tool pretty much won't let you do anything with it, not even check out that branch. 🤨

This is an awesome talk! Highly recommended viewing, especially if you haven't played much with LTO or symbol visibility. I learned things, even though I've gone over most of those topics in detail before.

@lefticus One of the down sides to using LTO is you lose a big chunk of build performance. =Things like ccache can no longer delivering such staggeringly big reductions in build time (orders of magnitude are common). LTO does much more work at link time, which doesn't get cached.

Check out my C++ On Sea 2025 talk - The Power and Pain of Hidden Symbols! This talk is very important for performance and binary size, and double important if you do crossplatform development! youtu.be/-hNv1-FmAec

@lefticus And for those who want to learn more about the CMake support for symbol visibility discussed in @lefticus' talk, it's covered in my past CppCon talk here: crascit.com/2019/10/16/cpp…

@lefticus Around the 34:30 mark, you asked if anyone knows how symbol visibility interacts with modules. I did a writeup about that a while back, which you can find here: crascit.com/2024/04/04/cxx… You'll probably find the "Consequences Of BMI Implementation Details" especially relevant.

@levelsio Steelcase Leap was super comfy, but I had to send back 4 under warranty due to what we eventually worked out was a design flaw (the back twists as you lean back in them). Ended up with the Steelcase Gesture instead, and we're happy with those.

Mentions for now: herman miller embody11 steelcase leap10 ikea markus7 steelcase gesture4 herman miller mirra4 herman miller sayl4 hag4 secret labs3 steelcase2 steelcase amia2 herman miller cosm2 corsair gaming chair2 haworth2 I'm leaning towards Steelcase Leap, as I said I had bad experiences with Herman Miller's with the Aeron and feel they're overrated

The 21st Edition of Professional CMake: A Practical Guide is now available. It has been updated for CMake 4.0. There's a new chapter on debugging in IDEs, and important updates related to CMake 4.0 removing OLD behaviors. Get it from the usual place: crascit.com/professional-c…

GNU Gold Linker Is Deprecated & Will Be Gone For Good Without New Developers phoronix.com/news/GNU-Gold-…

I should also add I'm looking for something that works with C++17, maybe even C++11. That rules out the # embed work from C23.

Anyone know of a successor to CMakeRC? github.com/vector-of-bool… It seems no longer maintained (no commits in more than 2 years, no response to issues and PRs). I'm looking for active alternatives that have some consensus or strong community support.

To be clear, I have no problem with the CMakeRC maintainer choosing to go quiet. If you're not paying for support, you have no right to expect any response. My question is focused on what alternatives may be gaining traction.

The 20th Edition of the book Professional CMake: A Practical Guide is now available. It has been updated for the CMake 3.31 release. This is a relatively minor update, focusing primarily on correcting errata. crascit.com/professional-c…

GCC bug: "pragma once" fails due to interaction with precompiled headers and BOM interpretation (locale settings involved). Reported: 2013 Cause explained and patch provided: 2020 Still not fixed in 2025. Anyone able to push it over the line? gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_…