Understand the mess.
Then ship less of it.
Six short lessons. Pick the concept your AI just pretended wasn’t a problem.
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OWNERSHIPSomeone has to clean up.
Your AI allocated it. Your comment won’t free it. Someone needs an actual job.
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022 min
LIFETIMEYour pointer outlived its welcome.
The object died. Your pointer kept the address. Very thoughtful. Completely useless.
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032 min
REFERENCES & POINTERSBorrowed doesn’t mean immortal.
“Zero-copy.” Also zero guarantees that the thing you borrowed still exists. Nice optimization.
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042 min
RAIIMake cleanup someone’s actual job.
Because “I’ll remember to clean up” has such an impressive production record.
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052 min
COPIES & MOVESMoving is not a magic speed spell.
Your AI added std::move everywhere. The benchmark? Vibes, apparently.
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062 min
UNDEFINED BEHAVIOR“It worked” is not a warranty.
It compiled. You shipped it. An inspiring chain of unsupported conclusions.
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