It’s been roughly three years since AI tools and large language models (LLMs) hit the mainstream in a real, unavoidable way. In that time, people have put them to work writing emails, summarizing legal documents, generating marketing copy, composing music, tutoring students, answering medical questions, planning vacations — and yes, generating entire recipes for whatever’s left in…
Blueprints Aren’t Always A Choice: How Your IDE Shapes The Way You Learn Unreal Engine Development
March 11, 2026
Ever feel like you’re fixing and configuring your tools rather than designing game logic? For a lot of people, that’s the start of Unreal Engine C++ development. Visual Studio is a great option, but when you’re starting, it introduces some minor inconveniences that…
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Pointers are one of the biggest things that confuse new C++ developers, especially if they started with languages like Python or Java where memory management mostly stays hidden. This guide breaks down why pointers still matter in modern C++, how they help with…
“Nobody Will Read This Code” (Until You Have to)
January 28, 2026
When we code, we like shortcuts. We use keystrokes that combine two or more actions. We like it when we can do two things at once. It feels productive (and maybe because most of the time it is.)
However, there are cases where we need to avoid shortcuts. In the realm of engineering and design, simple is better. But sometimes, adding a bit of complexity and length to our usual process can pay off in…
Building High-Performance AI/ML Pipelines with C++ and CUDA
December 30, 2025
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Modern AI workloads are pushing hardware to its limits, where milliseconds matter and inefficiencies quickly add up. While Python is great for experimentation, production systems demand predictable, high-performance execution and that’s where C++ and CUDA stand out.
C++ Safety is one of the most important conversations happening in software right now. From industry leaders to government agencies, including recent guidance coming from the U.S. government, there is a renewed call to strengthen memory safety and reduce classes of bugs that…
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Memory safety has become one of the biggest challenges in modern C++ development, with pressure increasing from governments, industry leaders and standards bodies to reduce vulnerabilities caused by memory-related issues. To help address these concerns, Visual Assist 2025.4 provides development teams with over 60 new Clang-Tidy-based safety checkers to catch risky patterns, enforce modern…
How Visual Assist Supercharges Your C++ Development in Visual Studio
September 22, 2025
Introduction
C++ is one of the most powerful and complex programming languages in the world—but that power often comes at a cost. If you’re building in Visual Studio, you’ve likely felt the friction: endless scrolling through files, sluggish navigation, fragile…
Why Readable C++ Code Outlives Clever Shortcuts: The Key to Maintaining Legacy Systems
September 3, 2025
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Maintaining legacy systems is a necessity and readable C++ code is a big factor in reducing debugging time, simplifying onboarding and making future updates safer. Clever shortcuts, macros, nested ternary operators, and overly compact code may save a few lines today…
C++ Coroutines for Async Development: Why You Should be Excited
August 22, 2025
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C++ coroutines bring a smarter way to write async code by letting functions pause and resume naturally, so your logic stays clean while handling thousands of tasks efficiently. Instead of messy callbacks or heavy threads, you get code that reads simple but performs like a powerhouse.
They’re not the easiest to learn and the tooling is still evolving, but for high performance use cases like…
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