The TMPDIR podcast

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The TMPDIR podcast episodes

May 30, 2025 The Yoe Rolling Release
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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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community site.
24 min
May 27, 2025Michael Lynch: Effective Writing for Developers
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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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56 min
May 09, 2025 RISC-V and LLVM with Alex Bradbury
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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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56 min
April 04, 2025 Simplicity
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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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23 min
February 28, 2025Product vs. Technology
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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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9 min
February 14, 2025New Tools in 2024
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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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21 min
December 13, 2024 Unintended open source forks
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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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18 min
November 01, 2024Open Hardware with Jason Kridner
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In this episode, we learn how the BeagleBoard Foundation does open hardware and
how their products can be useful in your product development efforts.
Notes:
how Beagleboard products are different than Raspberry PIs
why open hardware is important
overview of some of Beagleboard.org's products
why upstreaming development is important
how to do things right
discussion about RISC-V
and more
See the Beagleboard.org main site and
documentation site for more information.
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55 min
October 18, 2024 Recent experiences building a connected device with Zephyr
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In this episode, we discuss our recent experiences building a product using
Zephyr, and how Zephyr has helped us move fast and quickly integrate advanced
features like a HTTP server, non-voltile store in flash, device support, etc. We
also discuss how to set up a project in Zephyr and have built a project template
that demostrates how to use the Zephyr T2 workspace setup. This template also
includes common things projects need like a web application example.
Zephyr SimpleIoT
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29 min
September 27, 2024Bob Dotterer -- 3D Printing in Manufacturing
Available on your favorite podcast platform.
In this episode, we discuss how 3D printing in manufacturing can help you by
reducing cycle times, shorten lead times, etc.
Outline:
what makes companies successful
growing a company
3D printing in design and manufacturing
design during day, print through night, test in morning, and repeat
design for manufacturing
production vs hobby 3D printers
types of filament
print part number and revision into each part
manufacturing in-house vs outsourcing
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community site.
47 min

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TMPDIR is a podcast about embedded Linux, Yocto/OpenEmbedded, Zephyr, and IoT product engineering. Cliff Brake and Khem Raj dig into BSPs, OTA updates, Linux kernel and device tree work, firmware and…