The latest articles on DEV Community by Maxime Lafrenière (@jesuismaxime). https://dev.to/jesuismaxime https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F131896%2Fc7cf20e3-bcb0-41d8-a13f-9c0e867e6a20.jpeg https://dev.to/jesuismaxime en Maxime Lafrenière Sat, 08 Jan 2022 00:17:58 +0000 https://dev.to/jesuismaxime/who-is-james-kevin-award-2oei https://dev.to/jesuismaxime/who-is-james-kevin-award-2oei <p>The brain behind the infamous <a href="(https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-asks-regulator-probe-maskless-party-airline-covid-cases-soar-2022-01-04/)">Sunwing plane party</a> claims to made its fortune with fishy C++ tech.</p> <p>Since I'm from Quebec, Canada - that news is all over the news(indeed), Twitter, Instagram and Reddit and I am trying to dig a little about <a href="https://www.archyde.com/influencers-trip-find-out-who-is-the-organizer-james-williams-awad/">this individual and its dark fraud background</a>.</p> <p>Here's what bothers me (a lot):</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/111jameswilliam">James William Awad</a>, 28, says he invented a new way to program "in C ++ without having to compile the website." He is said to have sold the license to "several national and international companies", which he refuses to name.</p> </blockquote> <p>Source: <a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2022-01-07/fete-a-bord-d-un-avion-de-sunwing/l-organisateur-s-explique-sur-l-origine-de-sa-fortune.php">Himself</a> </p> <h3> The question </h3> <p>Is anybody have heard of him or used that C++ "marvel"?</p> <p>Here's one of its tweet:<br> </p> <blockquote class="ltag__twitter-tweet"> <div class="ltag__twitter-tweet__media ltag__twitter-tweet__media__video-wrapper"> <div class="ltag__twitter-tweet__media--video-preview"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--JOh2qflP--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1438279332506505224/pu/img/JRtPZsFNi1uZA1b-.jpg" alt="unknown tweet media content"> <img src="/assets/play-butt.svg" class="ltag__twitter-tweet__play-butt" alt="Play butt"> </div> <div class="ltag__twitter-tweet__video"> </div> </div> <div class="ltag__twitter-tweet__main"> <div class="ltag__twitter-tweet__header"> <img class="ltag__twitter-tweet__profile-image" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--3ftRn38_--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1358567778983309312/HbGNwsND_normal.jpg" alt="James William Awad profile image"> <div class="ltag__twitter-tweet__full-name"> James William Awad </div> <div class="ltag__twitter-tweet__username"> @111jameswilliam </div> <div class="ltag__twitter-tweet__twitter-logo"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--ir1kO05j--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/twitter-f95605061196010f91e64806688390eb1a4dbc9e913682e043eb8b1e06ca484f.svg" alt="twitter logo"> </div> </div> <div class="ltag__twitter-tweet__body"> An example of me using the one and only real-time c++ web server. C++ works in real time with html. No compilation needed. This web server is coming out to the public soon (nervex). 100% of c++, including any libraries works. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/development"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dev">#dev</a>elopment <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coding">#coding</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Webdesign">#Webdesign</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/webdevelopment">#webdevelopment</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dev">#dev</a> </div> <div class="ltag__twitter-tweet__date"> 23:11 PM - 15 Sep 2021 </div> <div class="ltag__twitter-tweet__actions"> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=1438279450295214080" class="ltag__twitter-tweet__actions__button"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--fFnoeFxk--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/twitter-reply-action-238fe0a37991706a6880ed13941c3efd6b371e4aefe288fe8e0db85250708bc4.svg" alt="Twitter reply action"> </a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=1438279450295214080" class="ltag__twitter-tweet__actions__button"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--k6dcrOn8--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/twitter-retweet-action-632c83532a4e7de573c5c08dbb090ee18b348b13e2793175fea914827bc42046.svg" alt="Twitter retweet action"> </a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1438279450295214080" class="ltag__twitter-tweet__actions__button"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--SRQc9lOp--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/twitter-like-action-1ea89f4b87c7d37465b0eb78d51fcb7fe6c03a089805d7ea014ba71365be5171.svg" alt="Twitter like action"> </a> </div> </div> </blockquote> discuss webdev question