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A survey of concurrency bugs

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

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

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.

What is a race condition? This post defines and explores this troublesome software flaw.

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon March 23, 2020March 23, 2020in Best Practices, Commentary4 Comments

15 quick yes/no questions and associated recommendations for creating better embedded software and firmware.