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• From Refactoring to (physical) Relocation

  Kristen Shaker joins Timur and Phil. Kristen talks to us about her C++ on Sea keynote about the C++ interview process, her previous work at Google, and why she has made a slightly unusual career change. News libc++ removed the base template for std::char_traits "how to break or continue from a lambda loop?" - Vittoria Romeo Results from the 2025 Annual C++ Developer Survey "Lite" (pdf) Links C++ on Sea schedule (with Kristen and Timur's keynotes) BrontoSource "What Can We Learn From the Results of C++ Community Surveys?" - Anastasia Kazakova "Sorting Resumes" - Joel Spolsky (introducing the idea of filtering) "How to Build Your First C++ Automated Refactoring Tool" - Kristen's CppCon 2023 talk

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• libstdc++

  Jonathan Wakely joins Phil and Timur. Jonathan talks to us about libstdc++ (GCC's standard library implementation), of which he is the lead maintainer, and tackles some tough questions like ABI compatibility - and how GCC and libstdc++ approach it. News GCC 15 released (release notes) Boost.OpenMethod review (finished) 2025 Annual C++ Developer Survey "Lite" (closed) Links GCC Mailing Lists

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• Software development in a world of AI

  Daisy Hollman joins Phil and Anastasia. Daisy talks to us about the current state of the art in using LLM-based AI agents to help with software development, as well as where that is going in the future, and what impacts it is having (good and bad). News Clang 20 released Boost 1.88 released JSON for Modern C++ 3.12.0 Conferences: Pure Virtual C++ 2025 Full schedule C++ Now 2025 C++ on Sea 2025 - speakers C++ under the Sea 2025 Links "Not your Grandparent's C++" - Phil's talk "Robots Are After Your Job: Exploring Generative AI for C++" - Andrei Alexandrescu's closing CppCon 2023 keynote

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• Standard Library Hardening

  Louis Dionne joins Phil and Timur. Louis talks to us about his role as code owner of libc++ (clang's standard library implementation) and the standard library hardening proposal that was just accepted into C++26, why this is important, and what you can do even today. News GDC 2025: How Build Insights Reduced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s Build Times by 50% C++ Core Guidelines issue to remove .h recommendation for headers Reddit discussion “Note to the C++ standards committee members” - Bjarne Stroustrup Links P3471R4 - "Standard Library Hardening" "Retrofitting spatial safety to hundreds of millions of lines of C++" - Google Blog

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• News and Catch-up

  Timur and Phil return after an extended break with news and updates News Bjarne Stroustrup on How He Sees C++ Evolving Conferences round-up: ACCU Conference 2025 C++ Now 2025 C++ on Sea 2025 C++ North 2025 CppCon New Meetups: Singapore C++ USers Group ACCU Cambridge Links "Contracts and Safety for C++26" - C++ London January event "Not Your Grandparent's C++" - Phil's ACCU Cambridge talk

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