Hagop Panosian
What is maintainable code? Imagine a developer staring at a critical, urgent bug report. The fix seems simple enough, but in the end it forces a deep dive into an unfamiliar, intricate part of the… … Read more
3 weeks ago in modernization, RAD Studio0
Holger's Code
From 30 Years of Delphi to the Modern Web: My Journey Into 2026 A personal reflection on three decades of desktop development, and what comes next The Landscape Has Changed I started with Delphi before… … Read more
4 weeks ago in Delphi, FireMonkey, RAD Studio, vcl, windows0
Holger's Code
Random Numbers in Delphi: When the RTL is Good Enough (And When It Isn’t) I recently came across several Delphi implementations in which developers used their own random number generators, apparently unaware of—or unconvinced by—the… … Read more
1 month ago in Delphi, FireMonkey, RAD Studio, vcl, windows0
Holger's Code
TStringList: The Swiss Army Knife You’re Probably Underusing If you’ve been writing Delphi code for any length of time, you’ve used TStringList. It’s the go-to container for managing lists of strings. But here’s the thing:… … Read more
1 month ago in Delphi, FireMonkey, RAD Studio, vcl, windows0
Holger's Code
🎅 Santa’s Sleigh: A Festive Delphi VCL Experiment 🎄 Happy Holidays to the Delphi Community! ✨ As the holiday season wraps us in its magical embrace, I… … Read more
1 month ago in Delphi, RAD Studio, windows0
Holger's Code
A Christmas Carol for Delphi Developers: “AI Humbug!” … or Maybe Not? 🎄 Every December, you can hear it echo across developer forums: “AI? Bah, humbug! It doesn’t help with real Delphi code!” If you’ve… … Read more
1 month ago in Delphi, RAD Studio, windows0
dfadmin
The ongoing discussion about the future of C++ is characterized by two closely connected themes: complexity and safety. Both concepts are frequently oversimplified in public discourse, often reduced solely to memory management. Yet safety encompasses… … Read more
2 months ago in C++, C++20, cbuilder, Clang, RAD Studio0
Holger's Code
Looking Forward to Speaking at TMS Training Days 2026 in Rotterdam! I’m very excited to share some great news — TMS Software has announced the next edition of TMS Training Days, which will take place… … Read more
2 months ago in Delphi, firedac, linux, RAD Studio, Training, windows0
dfadmin
When RAD Studio announced C++23 support, it looked deceptively simple — just a single line in the release notes. But under that line sits one of the most complex engineering efforts in the product’s modern… … Read more
2 months ago in C++, C++23, Clang, cppbuilder, News, RAD Studio, С++0
dfadmin
Ignorance, Surface, and Deep Architecture Why Modern C++ Keeps Getting MisunderstoodA blog post about modern C++ architecture, the role of ranges, concepts, RAII, coroutines, and compile time structures, and about why many developers are dismissed… … Read more
2 months ago in C++, C++20, cbuilder, Clang, News, RAD Studio0
Holger's Code
Why IBExpert Remains My Go-To Tool for Firebird Database Management After 30 years in software development, I’ve learned that specialized tools almost alw… … Read more
2 months ago in Delphi, firedac, linux, RAD Studio, windows0
gabr42
While I don’t miss the Refactor menu in Delphi 13 — I’m used to MMX — I do sometimes miss ability to format Delphi code (the in/famous Ctrl+D). On my recent RAD Studio presentation in… … Read more
3 months ago in code formatting, Delphi, RAD Studio0
Marco Cantu
Windows 10 is no longer supported by Microsoft. According to a page on the Microsoft website (see image below), “Windows 10 support has ended on October 14, 2025”. This clearly doesn’t come unexpected, as Microsoft… … Read more
3 months ago in modernization, News, RAD Studio0
gabr42
Next week I'm presenting all that is shiny and new in RAD Studio 13 in Ljubljana. As the presentation will be in Slovenian language, so is the next of this post …Read more »— Published… … Read more
3 months ago in cbuilder, Delphi, presentations, RAD Studio0