About Me - The Short Story

I am a lonely Python/C++ coder with a background in financial markets and an interest in modern art. I am an application-driven guy, not a computer scientist. Sure I have many gaps in my knowledge, but I strive to do my best to fill them. I keep learning new things, listening to smart guys, correcting my mistakes, and pushing myself to the limits. I enjoy it.

I will use this website both as a blog and as a hub to some of my projects. It is written from scratch in Python's Flask, my favourite web-framework.


Reference vs. copy in a range-based for loop

Understanding the difference between using a reference or a copy of a value is critically important in C++. By default, when we pass a value to a function, it is passed by values, which means we pass a copy of it. The same applied to a for...

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