Freelance C++ engineer based near Paris.
- I currently work on the Boost Graph Library for the C++ Alliance, modernizing a 20-year-old library to C++14/17 in a way that doesn't break the existing ecosystem:
- improving documentation and unit tests,
- simplifying design and expanding graph algorithms coverage,
- making the library more accessible to researchers and industrial users working with large-scale graphs
- I organized the Boost.Graph 2026 Workshop in Paris.
- I'm a member of WG21, the ISO C++ standards committee, through INCITS (the US national body), sponsored by the C++ Alliance. I take part in review discussions of standards proposals, recently P3100 and P4324.
- I regularly serve as a Review Manager for Boost library submissions (Boost.Bloom, Boost.Int128).
- PhD in computational biology, 12+ years of C++.
- Resume
- Contract C++ development: library and API design, generic programming, performance work, modernizing legacy codebases.
- C++ training: architecture and design courses delivered independently and through Human Coders and Sparks, in French or English. Details and testimonials.
- Boost.Graph : modernization work
- boost-graph-benchmarks : correctness and performance benchmarking for BGL algorithms
- Quetzal-CoaTL : C++ template library for geospatial population genetics simulators
- How to Be an Effective Boost Review Manager : published on boost.org
I blog about C++ design at becheler.github.io : recent posts on policy-based design, the singleton anti-pattern, and modern C++ patterns. Doodles are mine 😉