Archive — Compiler Explorer

June 2025

Compiler Explorer Cost Transparency
In which I try and show how we spend your kind Patreon donations
How Compiler Explorer Works in 2025
How we handle 92 million compilations a year without everything catching fire

May 2025

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
On AI, Assembly, and the Art of Project Stewardship
Building AI tools while navigating community conscience

July 2024

MSVC and CE
Microsoft Compilers on Compiler Explorer

March 2024

Compiler Explorer, LLC
A small update on the status of CE

June 2022

Happy 10th Birthday Compiler Explorer!
Wishing Compiler Explorer a very happy tenth birthday

August 2018

Compiler Explorer's new state storage
Some notes on Compiler Explorer's new storage

March 2018

March update
Compiler Explorer logo and shop, and more videos

October 2017

CppCon 2017 Trip Report
My experiences at my first C++ conference

January 2017

Compiler Explorer is now on Patreon!
I finally accept that maybe some financial help would be useful

November 2016

Compiler Explorer's embedded view
A new feature in Compiler Explorer: embedded views

September 2016

How it works: Compiler Explorer
I explain how Compiler Explorer runs on Amazon's cloud computing infrastructure

May 2015

Leaks in javascript
Debugging GCC Explorer's javascript memory leaks
GCC 5.1 on GCC Explorer
More compilers!

February 2015

Even more compilers for GCC explorer
Yup, even more compilers
Announcing new compilers for GCC Explorer
Yup, more compilers
Experiences with Docker and GCC Explorer
Musings on Docker

December 2014

GCC Explorer's top 10 compilers
Wondering which compilers I can retire from GCC Explorer

June 2012

GCC Explorer - progress update
What's changed since the launch

May 2012

GCC Explorer - an interactive take on compilation
Introducing a new way to stare at the disassembly of your compiled C and C++

About Matt Godbolt

Matt Godbolt is a C++ developer living in Chicago. Follow him on Mastodon or Bluesky.