Why subscribe?

As a solopreneur, I specialise in smart human-machine interfaces (HMIs) for embedded devices (see My Mission). My marquee projects are the driver terminals for the ROPA sugar beet harvesters and for the KRONE forage harvesters, and the infotainment system for the FiatChrysler cars (see My Portfolio).

My jobs involve the following responsibilities:

  • Transforming a legacy software development team into a high-performing team or creating a high-performing team from scratch.

  • Designing and implementing successful system architectures that evolve with the devices over the 10, 15 and more years of their lifetime.

  • Developing complicated parts of the HMIs like communication with the machines, live animation of the machine operation, window manager, custom GUI libraries, remote support via VNC, OTA update, fast boot and secure boot.

In short, I help companies get higher-quality software into the hands of their customers faster.

In this newsletter, I share my experience from the trenches about system architecture, team topologies, continuous delivery, test-driven development (TDD), refactoring, continuous integration, FOSS licensing, SoM and SoC selection, running a solo business, etc. I explain what works, what doesn’t and why.

Every episode of the newsletter contains an original post about a topic: e.g., Do You Have to Pay for Qt, What Software Should Soc/SoM Makers Provide, How Does the US Chip Ban Affect Your Business. It also contains links to my latest posts on embeddeduse.com and to interesting content around the web.

You’ll receive one episode on the 1st day of each month and one on the 15th of each month. I am looking forward to lively discussions with you by email or through the comment sections. I hope to welcome you as a reader soon.

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My bi-weekly musings about building smart HMIs for embedded devices: system architecture, team topologies, continuous delivery, licensing, solo business.