--- title: "August 21, 2026" url: https://daily.dev/posts/august-21-2026-rojhbqsrr source_url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260821-00 type: article source: "The Old New Thing" published: 2026-08-21T14:42:35.788Z updated: 2026-08-21T14:55:35.572Z tags: ["performance", "c++"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # August 21, 2026 **[The Old New Thing](https://daily.dev/sources/oldnewthing)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical walkthrough applying template bloat reduction principles in C++ by factoring out the type-dependent portions of a templated function, continuing a series on minimizing code size caused by template instantiation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I reduce binary size caused by C++ template instantiation bloat? Factor out the type-independent portions of a templated function into a separate non-template function or base class, so the compiler only instantiates the type-dependent parts per type. This avoids duplicating identical machine code across every template instantiation, since the shared logic gets compiled once and reused, reducing overall binary size. _Developers optimizing C++ binary size track practical template techniques like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [August 20, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/august-20-2026-zjzarhijy) · The Old New Thing · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [July 21, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/july-21-2026-exucjgquw) · The Old New Thing · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#c++](https://daily.dev/tags/c++) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/august-21-2026-rojhbqsrr)