HTTP chunked encoding using C++ and libcurl

HTTP chunked encoding is the way to transfer large amounts of data via HTTP. It is pretty easy to use with libcurl, if you have all the data in advance. In case you don't have all the data available when uploading, things get a bit tricky. This latter scenario is what this post will be focused on.

Replacing legacy C-style buffers

Since I've been working lately on legacy projects, filled with C-style buffer containers like void*, char*, byte*, I've started replacing these types of buffers with something a bit more safe and modern, if I might say so.