Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Dysfunctional Programming account #1. Senior SWE at Bloomberg. I write C++ for money. ex-Haskell, ex-OCaml. All opinions are my own.
Huge announcement. I'm leaving Bloomberg as an OCaml Engineer. And.. I'm joining Bloomberg as a C++ Engineer. After using Functional Programming primarily for the last 10 years, it's time for me to switch gears. I moved to another team internally. I'll be working on low-latency…
I was a beginner multiple times in my career. It tempered my mind. I’m no longer scared when I don’t know something.
Here’s something personal. I got sick today. When I was a kid, I loved being sick because I could skip the school and play video games the whole day. Nowadays, I don’t enjoy it. I actually love what I do at my job, and I feel terrible to enjoy any entertainment activity. Best I…
One of the most boring tweets I've ever read in my life Try writing something personal you actually care about, and about your life What happened to you today? How do you feel about it? Be honest? BE A HUMAN!!!!!!!!!!!
After my recent news, many people have asked me: "Why not Rust?" Here's my answer:

When I started writing C++, I expected to spend even more time on X due to longer compile times. Turns out, I have so much to work to do, I can’t even read all the notifications.
When I type a new post while walking, I’m always afraid that someone is going to steal my phone and start posting nonstop that JS is the best programming language.
Someone spent a minute to donate $3 to me, meaning my ARR is now $1m
I have nothing to do with more C++ propaganda here
C++ Isn’t Dead. It Evolved. Modern C++ is NOT your college C++ - auto, constexpr, smart pointers - Ranges, concepts, lambdas - CMake + Conan It’s alive, modern, and blazing fast.
My plan for dealing with midlife crisis was to buy a lambo. However, I’m not that rich. So my actual solution was switching from Haskell and OCaml to C++
With macros and templates, C++ demonstrated that structural polymorphism can go a long way
If your job pays you in Bitcoin, it’s called Proof of Work.
Linux. NeoVim. Hyprland. ZSA Moonlander. The ultimate modding pack.
I suspect many of you have never seen a woman irl
Most seductive hair style in females
Status update: this is now a Warhammer 40K fan account
Bought my first ever Warhammer 40K collectible. A humble one for starters. I’m curious to know whether I’ll enjoy the process of assembling and painting it.