2025 in Review

xania.org2025年12月31日 21:30

Written by me, proof-read by an LLM. Details at end.

2025 has been quite a year for me. The big ticket things for me were having the majority of the year on a non-compete, a new job, and some videos and conference talks.

It was a bumper year for my public talks, which included:

I also appeared in a number of :Computerphile videos

On the front, I finally solved a three-year-old problem with — our new content-addressable filesystem that mounts compiler images on demand instead of all 2,000+ at boot time. I also launched the experimental feature during my CppCon keynote, and wrote about and our . As always, CE is a community effort and I'm grateful to all the contributors who keep it running.Compiler ExplorerCEFSClaude Explainhow CE workscost transparency

and I kept up our monthly podcast, releasing all 12 episodes on schedule. Highlights included pondering , debating , worrying about replacing junior developers, and bonding over .BenTwo's ComplementAI pair programmingC++ and Rustvibe codingFactorio

I ticked off a bucket list item by appearing in a video, alongside such greats as and in a bonkers . Such fun, and thank you Santa for my very awesome comic book.Tom7Matt Parkerjan MisaliSecret Santa video

Finally I had my very own series on YouTube - the Advent of Code Optimisation - . That was a huge amount of work: with the , filming and editing I estimate I spent around 10 hours on each 5-10m video!27 videos in allblog posts

A very busy year, ending with me starting work at . I'm only a month in, but I couldn't be happier with my decision to work here: it's a fantastic place full of impressive technology, interesting problems, and perhaps most importantly, kind and thoughtful human beings.Hudson River Trading

Here's to whatever excitement 2026 will bring! Happy New Year everyone!

This post was written by a human () and reviewed and proof-read by an LLM.Matt Godbolt