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June 18, 2025

Success Story

User Case Study: From AAA to Indie—How She Was Such A Good Horse Studio built Into the Unwell

February 18, 2026

Whole Tomato had a chat with one of the developers of Into the Unwell, an upcoming third-person co-op roguelite. We had the chance to learn more about his journey, the studio, and their upcoming game. Before joining She Was Such A Good Horse Studio, Måns Olsson spent over a decade in a AAA game development company. He started programming in 2008 at the Game Assembly in Malmö, Sweden, a school…

Why Are Pointers Used in C++? A Practical Guide for Modern Developers

February 4, 2026

Pointers confuse a lot of C++ developers, especially early on. Many people learn Java or Python first, where memory feels invisible and safe. Then C++ shows you addresses, lifetimes, and crashes, and it feels unnecessary. You have seen this question on Reddit and Stack…

“Nobody Will Read This Code” (Until You Have to)

January 28, 2026

When we code, we like shortcuts. We use keystrokes that combine two or more actions. We like it when we can do two things at once. It feels productive (and maybe because most of the time it is.) However, there are cases where we need to avoid shortcuts. In the realm of…

Build Announcements

Visual Assist 2026.1 release blog

January 19, 2026

Visual Assist Build 2026.1: smarter code insights, faster AI, polished experience. Hover over macros to see their full Clang expansions. Watch AI responses stream in real-time. Enjoy modernized dialogs and rock-solid reliability with Visual Studio 2026. We’re kicking off 2026 with improvements largely based on user feedback from changes we added on our previous releases. These are designed…

Building High-Performance AI/ML Pipelines with C++ and CUDA

Community Tips and Tricks

December 30, 2025

AI and ML workloads are now pushing hardware to its limits. Models get larger every month, and real-time inference demands keep shrinking latency budgets. Teams building real products need pipelines that squeeze every ounce of performance from the GPU. This is why C++ CUDA…

News Tips and Tricks

Writing Safer C++: Introducing Visual Assist’s New Code Safety Inspections

By Nuno Castro

December 5, 2025

C++ Safety is one of the most important conversations happening in software right now. From industry leaders to government agencies, including recent guidance coming from the U.S. government, there is a renewed call to strengthen memory safety and reduce classes of bugs that…

C++ Safety Checkers Deep-Dive: Why Memory Safety Is Everyone’s Problem Now

November 1, 2025

For decades, C++ has powered the world’s most critical systems—from banking infrastructure and trading platforms to game engines, aerospace software, and embedded devices. Its unmatched performance and control make it the tool of choice when efficiency matters most. But that control comes at a cost. C++ assumes minimal guard rails. It assumes the developer knows exactly what they’re doing.

Build Announcements

Visual Assist 2025.4 release post

October 22, 2025

Visual Assist 2025.4 is now released and is available to download. VA 2025.4 is one of our biggest releases to date. This release features 60+ new code inspections checkers for C++ safety. We also overhauled the UI for key features and added a new welcome experience for…

Webinar Recap

Break Free from IntelliSense Hell with Visual Assist: Learn UE5 C++ Development Techniques [Webinar Recap]

October 13, 2025

This is the third session in the webinar series on Unreal Engine 5 workflows with Assembla and Visual Assist. Chris Gardner, lead developer at Whole Tomato Software, challenges conventional wisdom about when to use C++ versus Blueprints and demonstrates how Visual Assist…

Webinar Recap

Beyond the Basics: Setting up UE5 Source Builds and CI that works [Webinar Recap]