Matthew Eshleman, Author at Cove Mountain Software

Why I prefer C++: “RAII All The Things!”

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon November 26, 2019July 7, 2020in Best Practices, C++11, Favorite Code TricksLeave a comment

Learn how the C++ RAII idiom enables better code with reduced maintenance overhead.

The Hardest Bug I Never Solved

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon December 27, 2018January 18, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

I agreed to four hours. Four hours to help hunt down and kill a bug. A terrible malicious bug that was eating away at this project, wreaking havoc upon the foundations of a critical feature, and draining time randomly from…

List of Well Known C++ namespaces

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon November 27, 2018March 25, 2019in UncategorizedLeave a comment

I recently (Nov 2018) googled this blog title's and was surprised by the lack search results with a simple clear list of C++ commonly used namespaces. Obviously there could be millions of namespaces in use, but this page will attempt…

How to Write A Great Bug Report

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon May 31, 2018March 17, 2020in Best Practices, Commentary2 Comments

A well written and descriptive bug report can save your team time and reduce confusion. Find out how in this p

Why I love C++11 for Embedded Software and Firmware (or C++14, or…)

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon February 13, 2018July 7, 2020in C++11, Commentary, Favorite Code Tricks3 Comments

In the firmware and embedded software engineering domains, engineers overwhelmingly choose C as their language of choice. Evidence of this may be seen in the following screen-grab of a presentation by Dan Saks at CppCon2016. I would recommend the entire presentation, which…