modern-cpp

Article comparing old C++ performance tricks with modern compiler capabilities, showing that compilers can now optimize naive code better than hand-tuned hacks. Includes benchmarks on AMD Zen 5 with Clang 21.

The article discusses the pros and cons of using C-style void* pointers versus uint8_t* and std::span for passing memory blobs in C++, arguing for the simplicity and readability of void*.