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Compiler Explorer and the promise of URLs that last forever
How we're preserving 12,000 legacy links as Google's URL shortener rides into the sunset
Matt Godbolt
Sometime around 2010, while I was working at Google, I came up with a fun mini project to marry my love of retro computing with my excitement for working at big G.
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How Compiler Explorer Works in 2025
How we handle 92 million compilations a year without everything catching fire
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Happy 10th Birthday Compiler Explorer
Wishing Compiler Explorer a very happy tenth birthday
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GCC Explorer
Introducing a new way to stare at the disassembly of your compiled C and C++
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How it works: Compiler Explorer
I explain how Compiler Explorer runs on Amazon's cloud computing infrastructure