Mark Final @mark_final
Mathematician and software engineer, careers in games and VFX development, #entrepreneur, #opensource developer, honourary geek, husband, father. markfinal.me.uk Tismans Common, England Joined June 2016-
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A brief and incomplete comparison of memory corruption detection tools devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20… #cpp #cplusplus
It is finally out! A new hands-on Continuous Integration tutorial This is a whole new section in the docs, with incremental exercises with code, introducing tools and practices to do CI for C++ at scale with Conan 2 Read the introductory blog post: blog.conan.io/2024/12/10/New…
Join us in London next week, Nov. 14, for an #ASWF Beers of a Feather mixer hosted by @TheFoundryTeam! The event is open to anyone in the technical community within #VFX and #animation. RSVP at hubs.la/Q02X1F3v0
Python 3.8 Reaches End of Life peps.python.org/pep-0569/
C++20 comparison in Qt (even with C++17🤩) qt.io/blog/c20-compa… #QtDev #cpp #cplusplus
Disposal xkcd.com/3005
Proud to start sharing Google's strategy for tackling our remaining memory safety challenges: security.googleblog.com/2024/10/safer-… High level, but it outlines the long-term strategy. We'll be sharing more detailed posts in this series. #CPlusPlus #RustLang #CarbonLang
How to Keep C++ Binaries Small - Techniques for C++ Optimization - by @SandorDargo - C++ on Sea 2024 youtube.com/watch?v=XfU2ZO… #Coding #Cplusplus #Cpp #Programming #Cpponsea
PEP 760: No More Bare Excepts (Withdrawn) peps.python.org/pep-0760/
The Ultimate Guide to Error Handling in Python blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-ultim…
I'm not associated with Kitware, but maybe some of my followers may be interested in this open position working in a CMake-related role: jobs.lever.co/kitware/8dcfd3…
Not sure how I missed that brilliant @aras_p blog post. interesting points about over-abstracting and the "zero cost abstraction myth": aras-p.info/blog/2024/09/1…
The 19th Edition of *Professional CMake: A Practical Guide* is now available. One highlight is the new FetchContent behavior that avoids a sub-build (big potential performance gains!). Updated material for Qt 6.7 too. Get it from the usual place: crascit.com/professional-c…
Some people seem to be incapable of seeing the commentary on the wastefulness of RAM and CPU resources in modern software development that the rest of us are trying to make.
Hey! It's the time of year where we tell @mattgodbolt , @partouf, and the rest of the @CompileExplore team how much we appreciate their work! They have completely changed how we teach, prototype, and think about C++ (and 30 other languages!). godbolt.org
NEW SURVEY - Please complete the new 2024 VFX/Animation Studio Linux Survey by August 23rd. The results will be shared at the upcoming VFX Reference Platform User Group meeting in early September. bit.ly/VFXsrv24
CY2025 Draft available at vfxplatform.com. More details, including how to submit feedback, at groups.google.com/g/vfx-platform…

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