Stack vs Heap in C++: Supercharge STL Performance with Preallocation
- July 12, 2025
- 4 min read
- C++ programming
Think you’re writing fast C++? Think again.
If you’re using STL containers like std::vector or std::unordered_map without thinking about how they allocate memory on the heap, you’re likely leaving serious performance on the table.
C++ Heap Memory Pitfall: Why Returning Pointers Can Break Your Code
- June 29, 2025
- 6 min read
- C++ programming
Not long ago, I was knee-deep in a debugging session, staring at a strange log line that made no sense: # Formatted Obj: �)y�
How a Program Binary Becomes a Running Process
- April 21, 2025
- 12 min read
- Operating systems , Programming concepts
Have you ever stopped to think about what really happens when you run a program?
Not just clicking “Run” or executing a command in the terminal, but what goes on under the hood—from the executable file sitting on your disk to a fully running process in memory?