{"id":36663,"date":"2026-07-09T17:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cppblog\/?p=36663"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:28:23","slug":"pure-virtual-cpp-2026-meet-the-speakers-part-1-build-faster-run-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cppblog\/pure-virtual-cpp-2026-meet-the-speakers-part-1-build-faster-run-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Pure Virtual C++ 2026 [Meet the Speakers, Part 1]: Build Faster, Run Faster"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pure Virtual C++ 2026<\/strong> is almost here: a free, one-day virtual conference for the whole\nC++ community, streaming Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM PT<\/strong> on YouTube (Microsoft\nReactor) and Twitch, with on-demand recordings on the Visual Studio YouTube channel\nafterward. Register now \u2192<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the first post in our three-part Meet the Speakers<\/strong> series. Over the next week\nwe’ll introduce you to the people behind this year’s featured sessions and the problems\nthey’re helping you solve. The theme of today’s post is one that every C++ developer feels in\ntheir bones: building faster, running faster.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why this theme matters<\/h2>\n

Slow builds and heavyweight binaries are a tax every C++ team pays, every single day. The\ntwo sessions below address that tax from different angles: one by modernizing how<\/em> your\ncode is compiled with C++20 modules, the other by putting an AI agent to work finding and\nfixing the real bottlenecks in your build. If you’ve ever watched a progress bar instead<\/em>\nof writing code, these talks are for you.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ryan Shepherd: C++\/WinRT: Build faster and smaller with C++20 modules<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"crutkas<\/a><\/td>\nRyan is a Senior Software Engineer on Windows, where he works on developer fundamentals:\nWinRT, C++\/WinRT, the SDKs, and the CRT. Away from the keyboard he’s a freelance\ntrombonist who also dabbles in composition, photography, baking, and camping with his wife\nand two dogs.Follow Ryan: GitHub @DefaultRyan<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What the session is about.<\/strong> C++\/WinRT recently gained support for C++20 modules<\/strong>, and\nthe payoff is real: the Windows Terminal team adopted it and cut their build time by\nroughly 15%<\/strong> while shedding tens of gigabytes<\/strong> of build-time disk\nusage. Ryan walks through how that support works and what it takes to adopt modules in your\nown C++\/WinRT code.<\/p>\n

What you’ll learn<\/strong><\/p>\n