Commentary Archives

The Matthew Test: 2022 Survey Results

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon October 27, 2022October 27, 2022in Commentary, Research1 Comment

The Matthew Test lists 15 best practice recommendations. This post summarizes the 2022 survey results. How does your embedded team compare?

Code maintenance and magic numbers

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon May 18, 2022May 18, 2022in Best Practices, Commentary1 Comment

We encounter many forms of magic numbers in the field of firmware and embedded software. How do we ensure maintainable code when working with these values? This post provides an exampl

A survey of concurrency bugs

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon March 1, 2021March 8, 2021in Best Practices, Commentary, Favorite Code Tricks, Real Time3 Comments

Concurrency is hard. Multithreaded code is hard. This post surveys common concurrency related bugs and outlines possible solutions.

Stopping Bugs: Code Reviews

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon October 10, 2020in Best Practices, Commentary1 Comment

Code reviews are a critical best practice in our never-ending battle to stop bugs.

Stopping Bugs: Seven Layers of Defense

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon August 16, 2020August 16, 2020in Best Practices, Commentary1 Comment

Preventing software bugs from reaching our customers requires multiple layers of defense. This post explores seven layers of bug prevention.