5 awesome C++ libraries we use
This is an opinionated post about five libraries we use in the production code of quasardb.
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SFINAE Hell: detecting template methods
One of the cool thing about C++ is all these checks you can do at compile time. With compile time checks you can not only write safer code, but also faster code for the simple reason that alls the checks you do at compile time will not have to be done at runtime.
Chaotic testing
The stabilization algorithm – quasardb is a distributed, peer-to-peer database based on the Chord Algorithm. It is actually much more than that, but for the purpose of this post we will focus on the Chord algorithm and one fundamental process: stabilization.
quasardb on Microsoft Azure
Getting your hands on quasardb has never been that easy. With just a few mouse clicks you can deploy your own quasardb server in Microsoft Azure.
Boost.Filesystem and error handling
Many Boost.Filesystem functions and methods (and the pattern also exists in Boost.Asio) will throw a boost::system::error_code in case of error, and sometimes it is not as obvious as you might expect, case in point:
std::chrono ambiguities
Precision is costly – As you saw in our previous post getting a timestamp as precise as possible is expensive in precious cycles. We do it only when we really need it because we really care about writing the world fastest database.