- Oct 9, 2026 — [A 1998 PDF-to-Text Converter](/2026/10/09/a-1998-pdf-to-text-converter.html)

In 1998 I needed to convert PDF files to text for a search engine called Alkaline, without requiring separately installed libraries. So I wrote a C++ parser. Alkaline is another...

- Mar 6, 2020 — [Working with AWS SDK for C++ and Data Exchange](/2020/03/06/working-with-aws-cpp-sdk-and-data-exchange.html)

I haven’t written any C++ since 2009, or cross-platform C++ since the 90s. Working with the language in 2020 continues to require a lot of paper and glue (a.k.a. autoconf and ma...