diff --git a/ircd/json.cc b/ircd/json.cc
index 831bcfdc5..29ee3c271 100644
--- a/ircd/json.cc
+++ b/ircd/json.cc
@@ -324,17 +324,14 @@ ircd::string_view
 ircd::json::stringify(mutable_buffer &head,
                       const iov &iov)
 {
-	const auto num{iov.size()};
-	const member *m[num];
-
-	size_t i(0);
-	std::for_each(std::begin(iov), std::end(iov), [&i, &m]
-	(const auto &member)
+	const member *m[iov.size()];
+	std::transform(std::begin(iov), std::end(iov), m, []
+	(const member &m)
 	{
-		m[i++] = &member;
+		return &m;
 	});
 
-	return stringify(head, m, m + num);
+	return stringify(head, m, m + iov.size());
 }
 
 size_t
diff --git a/ircd/lexical.cc b/ircd/lexical.cc
index 812d5e749..d147d9de9 100644
--- a/ircd/lexical.cc
+++ b/ircd/lexical.cc
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ ircd::b64decode(const mutable_raw_buffer &out,
 		std::distance(begin(out), e)
 	};
 
-	assert(len <= size(out));
+	assert(size_t(len) <= size(out));
 	return { data(out), size_t(len) };
 }
 
diff --git a/ircd/net.cc b/ircd/net.cc
index 66f8edf64..7dacbecc0 100644
--- a/ircd/net.cc
+++ b/ircd/net.cc
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ noexcept try
 }
 catch(const std::exception &e)
 {
-	log::error("socket(%p): async handler: unhandled user exception: %s",
+	log::error("socket(%p): async handler: unhandled exception: %s",
 	           this,
 	           e.what());