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  • Ruben's BoostServer Tech Update
    Q3 2023 progress on BoostServerTech added a project proposal, a React/C++ chat prototype, AWS container deployment, authentication and MySQL support. Work covered Boost.Cobalt review, Boost.MySQL 1.83 with session reset, and docs updates.
    Link #MySQL
  • Krystian's MrDocs Project
    During Q3 MrDocs was progressed toward replacing Doxygen/Docca in Boost.URL, adding dependency extraction, URL‑safe symbol names, pattern‑based filtering, @ref/@copydoc lookup, clang patches for template handling, and AST memory optimizations.
    Link #URL
  • Dmitry's JSON's Improvements
    Boost.JSON was updated with error handling propagated to the back‑end optional/variant traits, a parse_into function for direct parsing that can double speed, variant conversion via event replay, and a constructor fix treating initializer_lists as copies.
    Link #JSON
  • Matt's Charconv and Decimal Update
    The charconv library has been completed, received endorsement, and is awaiting formal review, with usage instructions provided. The decimal library, a ground‑up IEEE‑754‑2019 implementation for C++14, is in early development, aiming for full standard library and Boost.Math compatibility.
    Link #Decimal
  • Peter Turcan Documentation Status
    Various documentation updates were made: new topics on version control, CI, Boost history, B2 naming, navigation, markdown conversion, fixes, release notes, testing, templates, and async library review; earlier quarterly posts are listed.
    Link
  • Klemens Boost.Async
    The recent Q3 update reports work on boost.async, which underwent two review periods and was renamed to cobalt before conditional acceptance into Boost. Additional efforts included colleague training, process maintenance, and refactoring of.requests.
    Link #Cobalt
  • Fernando's Adventures in Boost
    Boost work is summarized: exploration of Asio, Beast, URL and Requests; Beast maintenance for the 1.84 release; involvement in b2 modularization; experimentation with constexpr lexers/parsers; and a proposal for an Asio tutorial.
    Link #Beast
  • Christian's Unordered Update
    The update notes that Unordered has removed C++03 support, eliminated Tuple and TypeTraits dependencies, reducing package size, and resolved a raw‑pointer issue, enabling full allocator support including fancy pointers such as those from Boost.Interprocess.
    Link #Unordered
  • Alan's Work on MrDocs and Handlebars
    MrDocs was refactored, CI automated, LLVM binaries updated, CMakePresets added, and a C++ Handlebars engine integrated with full tests. website Antora support, Boost.URL fuzz testing, release‑tool containers, and reusable C++ GitHub Actions were delivered.
    Link #URL

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