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As embedded electronics continues to transform our lives, engineers around the globe are looking for ways to increase their coding chops. To help engineers meet this need, element14 has unveiled Code Exchange-- a place where engineers can help each other.

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AI induced errors in your code

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find a good name for a C++ class

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try-out: build and debug on wsl with VSCode running on Windows

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Reflections on Using AI in Software Development

AngelSoto

Context: A Practical Project Over the past days, I have been developing a Python Qt application to generate weekly meal plans for my baby and family.The project itself is not overly complex, but it has provided a valuable opportunity to reflect on so...
- 11 Sep 2025
C++ moving and returning objects part 2: move and copy (embedded friendly C++)

Jan Cumps

In object oriented designs, there are times when you replace an object by another. Example: when you store an object into an STL container. In a lot of those cases, you create an object, and add it. The object in the container is a cop...
- 20 Jul 2025
C++ moving and returning objects part 1: object as return value (embedded friendly C++)

Jan Cumps

You may read guidelines that say: "never use an object as return value of a function. Because of performance reasons". Because the object is copied into the receiving variable when returning from the function call. That was true in C++...
- 19 Jul 2025
C++ 3 way compare

Jan Cumps

task: Let's say that you are writing a C++ class, where the objects have to be sorted or compared. In classic C++, you 'd write an operator overload for <, <=, == , !=, >= and >. In modern C++, you can get all that fun...
- 15 Jul 2025
GCC 15.1 for Windows is available

Jan Cumps

If you're interested to try out the latest C++26 options: The Windows port for GCC 15.1 is available for download.I installed GCC 15.1.0 (with POSIX threads) + MinGW-w64 13.0.0 UCRT - release 2. To install, download the zip file, ...
- 30 Jun 2025