https://sehe.nl/blog/ Recent content in Blog on Hugo en Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://sehe.nl/blog/announce/joining-cppalliance/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://sehe.nl/blog/announce/joining-cppalliance/ <p>Hi. I&rsquo;m thrilled, humbled and honoured to announce that I&rsquo;ve joined <a href="https://cppalliance.org/">C++ Alliance<span style="white-space: nowrap;" aria-hidden="true">&thinsp;<svg style="height: 0.7em; width: 0.7em;" focusable="false" data-prefix="fas" data-icon="external-link-alt" class="svg-inline--fa fa-external-link-alt fa-w-16" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><title>external link</title><path fill="currentColor" d="M432,320H400a16,16,0,0,0-16,16V448H64V128H208a16,16,0,0,0,16-16V80a16,16,0,0,0-16-16H48A48,48,0,0,0,0,112V464a48,48,0,0,0,48,48H400a48,48,0,0,0,48-48V336A16,16,0,0,0,432,320ZM488,0h-128c-21.37,0-32.05,25.91-17,41l35.73,35.73L135,320.37a24,24,0,0,0,0,34L157.67,377a24,24,0,0,0,34,0L435.28,133.32,471,169c15,15,41,4.5,41-17V24A24,24,0,0,0,488,0Z"></path></svg></span></a> .</p> <p>I&rsquo;ll deflate a potential hot-air balloon right away by answering the ultimate question:</p> <blockquote class="yellowBox"><p><strong>Q.</strong> What will change?<br/> <strong>A.</strong> Nothing much</p> </blockquote> <p>That&rsquo;s good news. The better news is, in practice many small things will change in a way that makes an important difference.</p> <h2 id="the-past">The Past</h2> <hr> <p>For a long time now I&rsquo;ve made it a personal challenge to answer questions on StackOverflow. My top tags include C++, Boost, Git, Vim, C#, over the years I&rsquo;ve focused more and more on questions related to Boost libraries. Indeed, they make up &gt;4k of 6k answers in the C++ tag.</p>