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Visual Studio isn’t slow by accident; it struggles with large projects, messy IntelliSense, and clunky navigation that quietly kills your flow. You end up spending more time searching, waiting, and fixing false errors than actually coding.
Visual Assist cuts through that chaos. It replaces sluggish navigation with instant search, fixes Unreal Engine IntelliSense issues, speeds up typing…
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C++ Modules, introduced in C++20 and expanded in C++23, aim to replace the traditional #include a system with a more efficient and structured approach. By compiling code once and importing it where needed, modules reduce redundant parsing, improve build times, and…
Introduction to CUDA development + How to set up with Visual Studio
February 5, 2025
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CUDA lets you harness your GPU’s full power to handle massive tasks faster than traditional CPUs by running thousands of operations at once — a game changer for AI, data science, finance, and more, but comes with a learning curve due to parallel programming and…
How to Query File Attributes 50x faster on Windows
November 14, 2024
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If your app scans thousands of files, the way you fetch file attributes can quietly destroy performance. Standard methods like GetFileAttributesEx or even std::filesystem are convenient but painfully slow at scale. By switching to faster Windows APIs like FindFirstFileEx or GetFileInformationByHandleEx , you can retrieve attributes while iterating directories, cutting expensive system…
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In Unreal Engine, Blueprints and C++ aren’t competitors, they’re complementary tools. Blueprints offer a visual, beginner-friendly way to build gameplay quickly, making them ideal for prototyping, simple logic, and collaboration with non-programmers. C++, on…
Making a case for investing in software tools: convincing yourself, your team, and your boss
September 27, 2024
Introduction
Visual Assist has been a longtime partner for coding in Visual Studio. It adds missing features and sometimes even replaces the default features in the IDE. In fact, you can even argue that Visual Assist had a direct influence as to how some of the features in…
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From ATMs and payment terminals to real-time trading systems, a huge part of modern financial technology still runs on C++. This blog explains why the language remains so important for embedded financial systems, where speed, reliability, and low-level hardware control matter the most. It also explores the real challenges developers face with performance, memory management, and debugging…
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C++ continues to dominate financial software because it delivers the speed, control, and precision required for high-stakes systems like trading platforms and risk engines. But building in this space is far from simple. Developers must juggle ultra-low latency demands…
Installing Virtual Machines to use Visual Studio on Mac
August 27, 2024
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The full version of Visual Studio cannot run natively on macOS, especially after Visual Studio for Mac was discontinued. The most effective solution is to install Windows (ARM version) on a virtual machine and run Visual Studio within that environment.
This approach…
Installing Unreal Engine 4/5 + Visual Studio: A complete step-by-step guide with pictures
March 7, 2024
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Getting started with Unreal Engine and Visual Studio can feel overwhelming, but the setup is actually straightforward when broken down. You install Visual Studio with the right C++ workloads, install Unreal Engine via the Epic Games Launcher, and connect both to start building projects. Once everything is linked, you can generate project files, open them in Visual Studio, and begin editing…
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