Yes. The main problem with the talk is that it's just too general. It gives good advice, but it's only really good advice if you understand what it's trying to

Yes. The main problem with the talk is that it's just too general. It gives good advice, but it's only really good advice if you understand what it's trying to say, at which point you don't need the advice. Kinda impossible to cover "what every programmer needs to know" in 5 minutes. So, "use smart points, if you have to", should have been: "if you need to allocate memory dynamically, use smart pointers".