tvaneerd.bsky.social
@tvaneerd.bsky.social
The sky is blue in my profile pic.
That's me doing code review.
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I remember at Adobe when I realized the "feature database" should have instead been called the "problem database".

Right from the start people think they should be asking for a feature instead of describing a problem or, even better, *goal*.
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Deadlocks are inevitable.

youtu.be/RVvVQpIy6zc?...
Tony Van Eerd: Thread-safe Observer Pattern - You're doing it wrong
YouTube video by CppNow
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
There is only one Highlander movie
And only two Terminator movies
August 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Watch 1 and 2 back to back so you get all the references to the first in the second.

And then actually, don't watch any of the others.
August 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
We all do it.

Next time I will do a lightning talk "The things I forgot to say or should have said better in my talk"

Oh wait, lightning talks are only 5 minutes...
July 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
July 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I got a really sensitive touch keyboard, and now the tears landing on the keys is how I write code.
July 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Well, as per usual, I haven't made slides yet, but... uh ...
Mind if I borrow this code? 👀
July 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Provability is definitely going to be something more and more developers need to understand.
July 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
😮
June 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
There is not.
May 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
You can make slides and presentations...
It isn't *that* different.
May 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Note that programming languages don't really die.
Banks still run COBOL...
May 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It really is a better toaster.
A friend had one. I swear it was better toast.
May 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
You should have equality if both types represent the same "platonic ideal".

ie MyDate type and YourDate type might both represent a calendar date and so should be equality comparable.

Same with conversions.
See www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg...
Document number: P0705R0 Date: 2017-06-19 Audience: LEWG Reply-to: Tony Van Eerd. conversions at forecode.com
www.open-std.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Talk to your doctor about Open Spaces
April 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM