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In this episode, we discuss Embedded Linux with the authors of Mastering Embedded Linux Development. Highlights:

• How this book came to be.
• What is new in the fourth edition.
• Development platforms used in the book.
• Common Embedded Linux pitfalls.
• Why Yocto instead of Ubuntu.
• Android in embedded systems.
• And lots more …

If you are interested in Embedded Linux, this book is an excellent reference that covers a lot of topics (710 pages!!!).

You can buy this book at most of the usual places. I got a DRM free version at Packt.

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Clang was recently moved from a seperate layer into oe-core. In this episode Khem shares why this happened and why Clang may be a good fit for your product development.

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Today we catch up with Matt Madison, the maintainer of the meta-tegra layer for NVIDIA Jetson embedded products.

Matt was also on our podcast last year.

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In this episode, we visit with Justin Schneck from Peridio about how Avocado OS is solving various problems in the embedded Linux space. Avocado’s attributes are composability, extensibility, and security. This platform composes embedded runtimes, which seems like a practical alternative to containers at the edge.

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In this episode, we discuss rolling releases, some of the advantages, and how we build the Yoe Distribution, which is a rolling release embedded Linux distro.

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In this episode, we learn:

• how the writing process works for Michael
• how it has affected his career
• The new book Michael is working on to help developers become more effective writers
• Good writers do not necessarily like writing. “I hate writing, but I love having written.”

If you are interested in becoming a better writer, sign up for updates at Refactoring English.

Also check out Michael’s blog.

During the show, Cliff shared a quote from Leslie Lamport:

“If you’re thinking without writing, you only think you’re thinking.”

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In this episode, we learn about Alex’s work with LLVM on RISC-V. Alex has been involved with RISC-V since it was first released and recently has been focused on making LLVM support better. Alex shares some details about this work, as well as general ideas on how he works. Alex is also the author of the LLVM Weekly Newsletter, which he has published for over 10 years.

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In this episode, we discuss what is simplicity, why does it matter, and how to get there.

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In this episode, we discuss the difference between a product and technology. A couple related blog posts from Khem on this subject:

• Product and platform/technology
• Opensource in context of product and platform/technology - Example

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In this episode, we discuss some of the new tools we started using (more) in 2024 that can help you become a more productive developer.

• Zellij
• Helix
• Terminals
  • Alacritty
  • Kitty
  • Ghostty
• tio
• fd
• rg
• Perplexity
• Yazi
• LazyGit

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In this episode, we discuss the tendency to end up on a hard fork of an OSS project, how this happens, and why we should consider another model.

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