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John Taylor on the Embedded Systems Cookbook

The Pragmatic Embedded Podcast · 5 Mar 2025 · 44m

What this episode covers

John Taylor, co-author of 'The Embedded Project Cookbook' with Wayne Taylor, discusses his 30+ years of embedded systems experience and the practical 'recipes' in his new book. He contrasts this hands-on project management guide with his previous work, 'Patterns in the Machine', emphasizing the need to establish a critical mass of requirements and software architecture before coding begins. Taylor argues for opinionated, early-stage infrastructure setup—including CI/CD, branching strategies, and Software Development Plans—to make releases predictable and avoid the chaos of late-stage scrambling.

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established companies

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Companies
APress, Amazon, GitHub
Products
The Embedded Project Cookbook, Patterns in the Machine, FreeRTOS
Tools
Teams, ICQ
Also
Wayne Taylor

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