ACCU Conference Talks & Presentations

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Cool New Stuff in GDB 9, 10 and 11

A live, depth-first tour of GDB 9–11 features, from debuginfod and convenience variables to Python-built TUI windows.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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A Practical Approach to Error Handling

A principled approach to handling program errors balances software reliability against the complexity of treating every possible failure.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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The C++ Tech Community at Bloomberg

Learn how an internal C++ guild helps employees contribute to standards work, open-source projects, conference talks, and the wider C++ community.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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Neotron - Writing a Single-Tasking 'DOS' for Arm Microcontrollers, in Rust

A look at how Neotron turns a 32 KB Cortex-M microcontroller into a comprehensible single-tasking computer platform, drawing on operating-system history.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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Classic Vulnerabilities

A look at how decades-old software vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques keep resurfacing, and how modern tools can help find and fix them.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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What Has C++20 Ever Done For Templates?

A tour of C++20’s template changes, from new non-type parameters and templated lambdas to concepts that let compilers enforce argument requirements.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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Asynchronous I/O and Coroutines for Smooth Data Streaming

Shows how C++20 coroutines and Linux io_uring make asynchronous data streaming readable as short, seemingly parallel loops without threading concerns.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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Structured Networking

A C++ networking application demonstrates how sender/receiver abstractions support structured concurrency, cancellation, and asynchronous tasks.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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Fun With Type Erasure - Dispatching Data from Abstract Structure to Function Parameters in C++

Explore how C++ type erasure can dispatch requests to handlers and pass request fields into matching function parameters.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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C++20 - The Small Pearls

A tour of C++20’s lesser-known features, from safer memory access and compile-time programming to improved time, formatting, and thread support.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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Structured Concurrency

Shows how C++ senders and receivers can organize concurrency across an entire application, using top-down and bottom-up design.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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A Friendly Introduction to Rust for C++ Developers

Introduces Rust through comparisons with C++, focusing on how its safety and ownership features shape everyday code.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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A Lock-Free std::atomic std::shared_ptr

Examines how to build a portable, lock-free C++20 atomic shared_ptr for low-latency and real-time applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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The Power of Clean Code

A team-wide “Clean as You Code” practice aims to make code quality measurable without disrupting established development workflows.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

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C++20 Concepts

See how C++20 Concepts reshape generic code through readable requirements, new approaches to polymorphism, and comparisons of compile-time speed.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk