September 2026 · CppCon · Talk
Your Next 20 Days of Systems Engineering
My core thesis remains that abstraction is king.
Talks
My core thesis remains that abstraction is king.
2026
April 2026 · ACCU · Talk
Software Abstraction in the Age of AI-Generated Code
It is not formal. It is semiformal, for a good definition of semi.
2025
September 2025 · CppCon · Talk
How to Tame Packs, std::tuple, and the Wily std::integer_sequence
Agents are very bad at creating new idioms. They're very good at using them.
2024
September 2024 · CppCon · Talk
C++ Reflection Is Not Contemplation
One line of code will conquer the world, or destroy it.
2023
October 2023 · CppCon · Talk
Robots Are After Your Job: Exploring Generative AI for C++
I can't do fluff. I know math and code, and that's pretty much it.
September 2023 · NDC TechTown · Talk
C++hatGPT: How AI Tools Impact Your Life as a Systems Programmer
The profound influence of generative AI tools on software development has become shockingly obvious, reshaping everything from daily coding to overarching methodologies.
September 2023 · NDC TechTown · Talk
Rethinking Binary Search: Improving on a Classic with AI Assistance
I saw binary search in college and thought: I don't care about dating. This is going to be my life.
June 2023 · Code Europe · Talk
C++hatGPT and AI Tools' Impact
The profound influence of generative AI tools on software development has become shockingly obvious.
2022
November 2022 · Meeting C++ · Panel
Ask Me Anything
September 2022 · CppCon · Talk
Reflection in C++: Past, Present, and Hopeful Future
May 2022 · Meeting C++ · Talk
Stop Working on Your Slides
Your slides are your sheet music. It's the rendering that makes the difference.
2021
October 2021 · CppCon · Talk
Embracing (and also Destroying) Variant Types Safely
With a variant, you know what you're creating, but you have no idea what you're destroying.
2019
September 2019 · CppCon · Talk
Sorting Algorithms: Speed Is Found in the Minds of People
Speed is found in the minds of people.
September 2019 · NDC · Talk
"Allegro" Means Both Fast and Happy. Coincidence?
The best code, from a computer's perspective, is a main of 600,000 lines and no loops.
September 2019 · NDC · Talk
The Most Average Function There Is
What makes a programming language desirable for you? There is no right or wrong answer; ten people may have eleven different reasons.
May 2019 · DConf · Talk
Binding Rvalues to ref Parameters
May 2019 · DConf · Panel
Ask Us Anything
2018
November 2018 · Meeting C++ · Talk
The Next Big Thing
September 2018 · CppCon · Talk
Expect the Expected
We want everything, and we want to pay nothing for it. This is C++, come on.
May 2018 · DConf · Panel
Ask Us Anything
April 2018 · C++ Russia · Talk
Expect the Expected
2017
May 2017 · Google Campus TLV · Talk
Design by Introspection
Over the years, a few programming paradigms have been successful enough to enter the casual vocabulary of software engineers.
May 2017 · DConf · Talk
Design by Introspection
Each use of static if doubles the design space you may be covering.
May 2017 · DConf · Panel
Trends in Systems Programming
April 2017 · NDC · Talk
Three Unlikely Successful Features of D
Designing a programming language has a strong subjective component.
2016
June 2016 · NDC · Talk
There's Treasure Everywhere
To some extent, optimization is to our industry what sexual intercourse is to teenagers. Everybody thinks it's cool, has an opinion about it, and talks about it a great deal; yet in spite of ample folklore, few get to do it meaningfully or at all.
June 2016 · NDC · Talk
Generic Locking in C++
Lock-based synchronization still has well understood downsides such as proneness to races and deadlocks due to its poor integration with type systems.
May 2016 · DConf · Talk
DConf 2016 Keynote
A year of growth and progress, but also one of increased competition and growing pains.
April 2016 · ACCU · Talk
Fastware
If you want to write fast code, start with an infinite loop.
2015
November 2015 · code::dive · Talk
Three Cool Things about D
November 2015 · code::dive · Talk
Writing Fast Code II
November 2015 · code::dive · Talk
Writing Fast Code I
September 2015 · CppCon · Talk
std::allocator Is to Allocation what std::vector Is to Vexation
The funniest thing about std::allocator is it's not for memory allocation. And I'm not kidding.
September 2015 · CppCon · Talk
Declarative Control Flow
May 2015 · DConf · Talk
DConf 2015 Keynote
2014
September 2014 · CppCon · Talk
Optimization Tips — Mo' Hustle Mo' Problems
You can leave it dangling, which is dangerous but fun.
May 2014 · DConf · Talk
State of the struct Address
I claim to be a scientist, often unsuccessfully.
2013
May 2013 · DConf · Talk
Quo Vadis?
We don't want a perfect language. We want one that is comprehensive and comprehensible.
May 2013 · DConf · Panel
Panel on the D Development Process
2012
December 2012 · Facebook · Talk
Three Optimization Tips for C++
The only good intuition: "I should time this."
April 2012 · Lang.NEXT · Talk
Three Unlikely Successful Features of D
Designing a programming language has a strong subjective component.
February 2012 · GoingNative · Talk
Static If I Had a Hammer
February 2012 · GoingNative · Panel
Ask Us Anything
February 2012 · GoingNative · Talk
Variadic Templates are Funadic
February 2012 · GoingNative · Panel
The Importance of Being Native
2011
September 2011 · Strange Loop · Panel
Language Panel
2010
July 2010 · Google Tech Talk · Talk
Three Cool Things About D
2009
May 2009 · BoostCon · Talk
Iterators Must Go
Iterators must go.
2008
May 2008 · University of Washington · Performance
Drumming for the UW CSE Band (1/2)
With apologies to Jimi Hendrix.
May 2008 · University of Washington · Performance
Drumming for the UW CSE Band (2/2)
With apologies to Billy Idol.
2007
December 2007 · CSDN · Interview
Interview with CSDN in Beijing
2004
November 2004 · Google Tech Talk · Talk
Multithreading in C++
June 2004 · Amazon · Talk