Jason Turner
Independent Business Owner at EmptyCrate
Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolJason Turner is an independent C++ trainer, speaker, and consultant with 23 years of experience helping organizations write clean, maintainable, and efficient C++ code. A Microsoft MVP for Visual C++, he delivers keynotes and workshops worldwide, hosts the popular C++ Weekly YouTube series with 100k+ subscribers, and previously co-hosted the CppCast podcast. His hands-on open-source contributions span tooling and core language projects—from modernizing CMake/Conan starter templates to parser and engine work in ChaiScript and performance-minded refactors in OpenStudio. Equally comfortable teaching best practices or diving into build systems and sanitizers, he blends practical engineering with clear communication. Based in Colorado, he pairs deep systems-level experience (distributed audio and network inventory systems) with a knack for turning C++ complexity into approachable guidance.
23 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Virginia Tech
Stackoverflow
3,386reputation
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49answers
6questions
swig
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Github Skills (37)
dependency-management10
c-language10
parser10
simulation-modeling10
conan10
data-modeling10
build-system10
cmake10
3d-modelling10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
modeling10
data-structure9
exceptions9
code-optimization9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
cpp-best-practices/cmake_template
Mar 2022 - Apr 2022
CMake for C++ Best Practices
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 14 reviews, 25 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jason primarily focused on building a game using the ftxui library, demonstrating front-end and a limited back-end approach. They implemented the core game logic, including the `GameBoard` class with methods for game state management (toggling and solving). The user also worked on the UI, creating a terminal-based interface with buttons and a basic loop, eventually incorporating a second, separate window to the UI.
ChaiScript/ChaiScript
May 2009 - Apr 2019
Embedded Scripting Language Designed for C++
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 1796 commits, 109 PRs in 10 years
Contributions summary:Jason primarily focused on improving the ChaiScript scripting language itself, as evidenced by their work on fixing missing includes, reducing eval code, and merging code from the develop branch. They also made adjustments to the language parser, which is a core component of the project. Their work involved modifying fundamental aspects of the scripting engine and its parsing capabilities.
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