Lara Bailey
@larabailey.uk
Software Engineer, working for Bloomberg (posts are my own); long time C++ tinkerer, past Git contributor; out and proud! 🏳️⚧️
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Lara Bailey
@larabailey.uk
· Jun 15
Hi, I'm Lara! Starting over fresh, I'm a software engineer working for Bloomberg. I work on infrastructure, mainly in C++, and I am really motivated by quietly making things better for others with minimal distruption, high impact changes.
```
enum { DATA_LENGTH = 48 };
const std::string testData('0', DATA_LENGTH);
```
"Correctly" generated a test string of 48 '0' characters (and no warnings!), but when I tried to update the code to increase the length to 56 I did not get the effect I intended.
"Correctly" generated a test string of 48 '0' characters (and no warnings!), but when I tried to update the code to increase the length to 56 I did not get the effect I intended.
September 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
```
enum { DATA_LENGTH = 48 };
const std::string testData('0', DATA_LENGTH);
```
"Correctly" generated a test string of 48 '0' characters (and no warnings!), but when I tried to update the code to increase the length to 56 I did not get the effect I intended.
"Correctly" generated a test string of 48 '0' characters (and no warnings!), but when I tried to update the code to increase the length to 56 I did not get the effect I intended.
CppCon, day one, opening plenary and everyone's been able to mark "Compiler Explorer referred to as 'Godbolt'" off on their bingo cards already. #CppCon Tagging in the official compiler explorer account: @matt.godbolt.org , and Matt: @compiler-explorer.com .
September 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
CppCon, day one, opening plenary and everyone's been able to mark "Compiler Explorer referred to as 'Godbolt'" off on their bingo cards already. #CppCon Tagging in the official compiler explorer account: @matt.godbolt.org , and Matt: @compiler-explorer.com .
One thing I'm quite excited about my next international trip is being able to see if I have any BlueSky DMs!
August 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One thing I'm quite excited about my next international trip is being able to see if I have any BlueSky DMs!
I honestly assumed that the phrase "vibe-coding" was derogatory, but now I'm not so sure.
August 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I honestly assumed that the phrase "vibe-coding" was derogatory, but now I'm not so sure.
Don't mind me, I'm just writing think pieces as pull request reviews.
August 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Don't mind me, I'm just writing think pieces as pull request reviews.
Why is it called CppNorth if it's not far from the most far South you can be in Canada?
July 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Why is it called CppNorth if it's not far from the most far South you can be in Canada?
I've never been to CppNorth before, in part because it always conflicts with TransPride Brighton. This year I'm missing TransPride Brighton for CppNorth. I'm thinking of all my trans family marching in Brighton today. Together, we are strong.🏳️⚧️ 💖
July 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I've never been to CppNorth before, in part because it always conflicts with TransPride Brighton. This year I'm missing TransPride Brighton for CppNorth. I'm thinking of all my trans family marching in Brighton today. Together, we are strong.🏳️⚧️ 💖
I got the "I just don't like it" feeling when reviewing a medium sized change at work. It took me a day or so find my core objection and finally expressed it in a video call rather than pull-request comments. We've ended up with a substantially better patch and a lot better story around testing.
July 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I got the "I just don't like it" feeling when reviewing a medium sized change at work. It took me a day or so find my core objection and finally expressed it in a video call rather than pull-request comments. We've ended up with a substantially better patch and a lot better story around testing.
Direct message conversations - things are so much better on platforms on which you can leave a "react" emote. It allows me to positively acknowledge your last message without leaving you a message that you might feel obligated to respond to. This part of our ongoing interaction is complete. ❤
June 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Direct message conversations - things are so much better on platforms on which you can leave a "react" emote. It allows me to positively acknowledge your last message without leaving you a message that you might feel obligated to respond to. This part of our ongoing interaction is complete. ❤
I'm excited to share that I'll be at CppNorth 2025 in Toronto next month and I'll also be on this wonderful panel on "Building a career off-road".
CppNorth 2025: Career Off-Road! 🗺️
Join Sherry Sontag, Lara Bailey(@larabailey.uk), Cal Pratt, & Marek Paska for the "Building a career off-road" panel! Explore leading as an IC, balancing autonomy & collaboration. Insights for ALL!
🔗 sched.co/21xRW
Tickets: CppNorth.ca
🍁 Toronto, July 20-23! #cpp
Join Sherry Sontag, Lara Bailey(@larabailey.uk), Cal Pratt, & Marek Paska for the "Building a career off-road" panel! Explore leading as an IC, balancing autonomy & collaboration. Insights for ALL!
🔗 sched.co/21xRW
Tickets: CppNorth.ca
🍁 Toronto, July 20-23! #cpp
CppNorth, The Canadian C++ Conference 2025: Building a career off-road
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June 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm excited to share that I'll be at CppNorth 2025 in Toronto next month and I'll also be on this wonderful panel on "Building a career off-road".
Hi, I'm Lara! Starting over fresh, I'm a software engineer working for Bloomberg. I work on infrastructure, mainly in C++, and I am really motivated by quietly making things better for others with minimal distruption, high impact changes.
June 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hi, I'm Lara! Starting over fresh, I'm a software engineer working for Bloomberg. I work on infrastructure, mainly in C++, and I am really motivated by quietly making things better for others with minimal distruption, high impact changes.