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Explore the persistent challenges plaguing C++ development tooling in this conference talk from C++ on Sea 2025, where software architect Yannic Staudt delivers a brutally honest and occasionally sarcastic examination of why developers continue to endure the same tooling nightmares that existed decades ago. Discover practical solutions to classic problems including glacial link times, bloated debug symbols, unreliable reproducible builds, and fragile CI systems that struggle with CMake configurations. Learn modern approaches to split debug symbols, faster linkers, improved caching strategies, and more sensible dependency management while confronting the collective Stockholm syndrome that keeps the C++ community quietly enduring suboptimal tooling. Gain actionable insights for optimizing development workflows whether you're managing massive codebases with millions of lines or simply trying to build personal projects efficiently, with specific techniques for streamlining build processes and improving developer velocity in contemporary C++ development environments.
