Apr 1, 2026 Post comments count16 Post likes count13 The cover of C++: The Programming Language raises questions not answered by the cover Raymond Chen What are we reading about here?
Feb 17, 2026 Post comments count8 Post likes count2 Microspeak: Escrow Raymond Chen Final build, final, final, final 2, ship this one.
Jan 20, 2026 Post comments count5 Post likes count2 Microspeak: On fire, putting out fires Raymond Chen Dealing with emergencies.
Dec 31, 2025 Post comments count5 Post likes count2 2025 year-end link clearance Raymond Chen Another year gets relegated to history.
Dec 30, 2025 Post comments count6 Post likes count3 Additional notes on color-keyed overlays as a way of doing smooth video rendering Raymond Chen Choosing the color-key and other brief discussions.
Dec 26, 2025 Post comments count7 Post likes count4 Why are we worried about memory access semantics? Full barriers should be enough for anybody Raymond Chen You have to find new ways of going faster.
Dec 2, 2025 Post comments count3 Post likes count2 Microspeak: Big rocks Raymond Chen The large obstacles.
Nov 26, 2025 Post comments count9 Post likes count2 At what point in the Windows development cycle is it too late to change the text of a translatable string? Raymond Chen The translation team sets the deadline.
Nov 18, 2025 Post comments count1 Post likes count5 Microspeak: Little-r Raymond Chen Harkening back to a very old mail program.
Oct 31, 2025 Post comments count4 Post likes count1 Microspeak: turn into a pumpkin Raymond Chen To disappear, such as for the year-end holidays.