Kodsnack 703 - The subset needs to fit you, with Harald Achitz

<p>Fredrik chats to <a href="https://a4z.noexcept.dev/about/">Harald Achitz</a> about freelancing, C++ 26, and ten years of running the <a href="https://swedencpp.se/meetups">Swedencpp meetup</a>.</p>

<p>Harald discusses the various oddities of the Swedish consultant and software market, both before but especially in the current environment. Consultants don&rsquo;t cost what you expect them to when compared to employees, and a strange previous focus on headcount has not helped either.</p>

<p>We then talk about the standardization process for C++ and about new things in C++ 26. Harald discusses the issues of adding new things which are good in themselves, but perhaps don&rsquo;t fit into a bigger picture, take a lot of focus and energy which in turn means many other things do not get considered which may be smaller and more widely and immediately useful.</p>

<p>Also: once something is in the standard library, it&rsquo;s eternal. And there is still no real ecosystem around C++. Infrastructure is a hard thing. And Rust is out there.</p>

<p>Finally, we talk about Harald&rsquo;s experience of running the Swedencpp meetup for ten years. What does it mean to run something for so long? Technology, talks, locations, providing a space for presentations, and trying to keep things evolving are all discussed.</p>

<p>Thank you <a href="http://www.cloudnet.se">Cloudnet</a> for sponsoring our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server">VPS</a>!</p>

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<h2 id="links">Links</h2>

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<li><a href="https://a4z.noexcept.dev/about/">Harald</a></li>

<li><a href="https://kodsnack.se/people/harald-achitz/">Previous episodes</a> with Harald</li>