• June's Overload Journal has been published.
  7 June 2025

  The June 2025 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 187 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed via the Journals menu.

• Upcoming ACCU Cambridge Meeting, 9 June 2025.
  4 June 2025

  The next ACCU Cambridge is Monday, 9 June 2025!

  https://www.meetup.com/accu-cambridge/events/308062486

  We'd love to see as many people come along as possible. There will be free drinks and pizza, again.

• Early Access To ACCU 2025 Conference Videos Now Available For ACCU Members.
  4 June 2025

  We're excited to announce that as part of your membership, you now get at least 30 Days Early Access to each of the ACCU 2025 conference videos.

  The first batch of 15 videos is live now, with new videos added each week as they’re delivered by our video production team. In total, 60 full-length sessions and 31 lightning talks will be released.

  Each talk remains exclusive to ACCU members for at least 30 days before being published publicly on the ACCU YouTube channel.

  Lightning talks will be added after the main session videos are uploaded.

  To access, you will need to create an account using the same email address and membership number you use for your ACCU membership:

  https://accu.programmingarchive.com/account-creation/

  After logging in or creating an account, you’ll be redirected to the Early Access Portal:

  https://accu.programmingarchive.com/

  Want to become a member to get Early Access and the other benefits of membership? Start here.

• Videos of Recent ACCU Cambridge Meeting Talks Now Available
  2 June 2025

  Video of Chris Oldwood's talk - Boosting Software Delivery Through Pair and Ensemble Programming - and Joseph Cordell's talk - Rust Vs C++ Beyond Safety - at recent ACCU Cambridge meetups have been posted to YouTube. Chris's video is available here, and Joseph's video is available here. Both videos are accessible through the ACCU Online link under the Videos tab.

• A Special General Meeting has been called.
  19 May 2025

  A Special General Meeting will be be held on July 14th, 2025 at 19:00 BST, for the purpose of electing a new Chair. Dom Davis has been nominated for the position. Per the ACCU Constitution, Section 5.3.3, "Any member of the Association can stand as a candidate for election to any role on the committee. Any such member shall notify the Secretary in writing (letter or email), including names of a nominating member and a seconder, on or before the Proposal Deadline (described in “Section 7 - General Meetings”). The same person cannot stand for more than one role in the same election." If you would like to stand for election as Chair please contact the Secretary.

Overload 187 · June 2025 (PDF)

Contents

• Eliminate the Impossible.
  Some things are – or seem to be – impossible. Frances Buontempo explores how to distinguish between the two.

• Debugging Run-time Windows DLL Problems.
  Dynamic linking can fail in various ways. Roger Orr explains what can go wrong and how to troubleshoot such problems.

• Codurance AI Hackathon.
  This hackathon explored AI-powered software development. Isaac Oldwood shares what he learned from the event.

• Tracking Success.
  Developing adaptive eye-tracking tools for children with cerebral visual impairment has specific challenges. Jacob Farrow describes his progress so far.

• Afterwood.
  Human brains are wired for pattern recognition. Chris Oldwood explores some patterns he’s seen over the years.