MacarioDec 10
matt godbolt

This December, I'll be posting an article & video each day until Christmas in the Advent of Compiler Optimisations! #AoCO2025

Each day we'll explore a fun optimisation in C or C++; some low-level, x86 or ARM-specific, some high-level. Hope you'll join me!

YT: https://youtube.com/mattgodbolt
Blog: https://xania.org

Matt Godbolt

Matt is a programmer and occasional verb. He loves writing efficient code and sharing his passion about how computers work under the hood. A low-latency engineer in finance, he has previously worked at a crypto exchange, a low-latency trading firm, on mobile apps at Google, run a C++ tools company and spent more than a decade making console games. When not tinkering on Compiler Explorer, Matt enjoys working on emulators for old 8-bit computer hardware.

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Show threadDavid Cantrell 🏏Nov 13
@mattgodbolt this is gonna be an exploration of the #RightSortOfMad isn't it
Show threadkouhai, of the health issuesNov 13
@mattgodbolt out of curiosity, does your blog have an rss feed?
Show threadmatt godboltNov 13
@kouhai yes, it should have. And each of the labels/topics too.
Show threadbuheratorNov 30
@mattgodbolt @kouhai FTR it's https://xania.org/feed.atom
Show threadGreg ParkerNov 14
@mattgodbolt I'm so accustomed to the compiler tool that "Matt Godbolt" has the same feel as "Tim Apple".
Show threadDale HagglundNov 15

@mattgodbolt This looks awesome...

On a slightly different topic, I'd just like to say that your Computerphile video series on computer architecture is hands down the best intro I've ever seen for someone who's curious about what's going on closer to the processor, but doesn't have any existing context in low level programming. Over the years I've been fairly close to quite a bit of you've covered and I think you've captured the essence of some complicated topics in a very approachable way.

Also, I love the metaphors you use.

Show threadmatt godboltNov 15
@DaleHagglund thank you so much Dale! Really pleased to hear my silly analogies (the good ones stolen from books in the 1980s) are working :-)
Show threadaburka 🫣Nov 30
@DaleHagglund @mattgodbolt hear hear!