This is the Self Directed Research Podcast, where our hosts James and Amos share a little bit about the topics they’ve been obsessing about lately. Visit sdr-podcast.com/ for more information about the podcast, check out all episodes and learn about who we are and how to support us! Questions, comments, interested in sponsoring? Send an email to contact@sdr-podcast.com
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The top 10? Bottom 10? In any case, enjoy a breakdown of 10 digital rights management schemes. Also, admire Amos' restraint as a YouTuber that they waited until 2025 to make a numbered list. Visit sdr-podcast.com/drm-schemes to see the show notes and transcript! This episode is sponsored by Depot: the build acceleration platform that's on a mission…
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James and Amos have a spirited discussion about sans-io, a technique for writing protocol libraries, and the tradeoffs of sans-io when compared to leaning into async/await. Visit sdr-podcast.com/sans-io to see the show notes and transcript! This episode is sponsored by Depot: the build acceleration platform that's on a mission to make all builds ne…
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Join us as Amos falls down the rabbit hole of automation tools to bring you, the viewer, the absolute highest quality screenshots and code snippets. Visit sdr-podcast.com/automating-macos to see the show notes and transcript! This episode is sponsored by Depot: the build acceleration platform that's on a mission to make all builds near instant. If …
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James and Amos are back, and talking about routing, reverse proxies, and yeeting packets onto the internet. Visit sdr-podcast.com/proxying-is-just-dumb-routing to see the show notes and transcript! This episode is sponsored by Depot: the build acceleration platform that's on a mission to make all builds near instant. If you're tired of watching you…
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James shares why you might want to design embedded systems as a network of devices, instead of trying to cram everything into a single chip Visit sdr-podcast.com/the-embedded-buddy-system to see the show notes and transcript! **Sponsor:** Poststation, a tool from OneVariable that makes it easy to set up communication between your desktop, laptop, o…
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In a rare direct follow-up episode, Amos shares an even differenter take on Serde, this time focusing on the kind of needs a server would have when handling data. Spoiler: Yes, merde means poop in French. Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/merde-is-not-serde/ to see the show notes and transcript! CodeCrafters is a service for learning programming skill…
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A bit about how serde works well, a bit about how serde doesn't work well, and a bit about a different, questionable way of doing things Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/a-different-serde/ to see the show notes and transcript! CodeCrafters is a service for learning programming skills by doing. Visit our referral link at CodeCrafters to start your fre…
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Join us on this adventure as Amos describes the history of Bluetooth & co., the trials and tribulations of connecting devices in their home and how this has helped their mental well-being (yes, really). Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/my-home-automation-journey/ to see the show notes and transcript! CodeCrafters is a service for learning programming…
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James explains how to combine macros and const-fns to work around limitations of what is possible at compile time, and how to do extremely wasteful calculations at compile time to deduplicate lists of things to make embedded systems go brrr Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/compile-time-criemes/ to see the show notes and transcript! CodeCrafters is a …
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The Wonderful Story of Target Triples and Six More Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/target-triples/ to see the show notes and transcript! CodeCrafters is a service for learning programming skills by doing. Visit our referral link at CodeCrafters to start your free trial. If you decide to upgrade, you'll get a discount and a portion of the sale will s…
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An exploration of self-describing vs non-self-describing formats, and how it changes the shape of your programs more than you might think Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/partial-understanding/ to see the show notes and transcript! Descript is the fully featured, end-to-end video editor that you already know how to use. Check out our referral link he…
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Things you might not have known about clipboards
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Amos and James reminisce about how weird clipboards have always been. Or is it pasteboards? Or buffers? Oh boy. Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/clipboards/ to see the show notes and transcript! CodeCrafters is a service for learning programming skills by _doing_. Visit our referral link at CodeCrafters to start your free trial. If you decide to upgr…
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A deep dive into the potential benefits, and awkward drawbacks, by making all allocations async and fallible Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/async-allocators/ to see the show notes and transcript! CodeCrafters is a service for learning programming skills by _doing_. Visit our referral link at CodeCrafters to start your free trial. If you decide to u…
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An overview of how devices decide how to split streams of bits and bytes into frames, and the things that can go wrong Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/frame-sync/ to see the show notes and transcript! The Self-Directed Research podcast is made possible by our sponsors. We offer 30 second host-read ads at the end of every episode. Not sure how to get…
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Amos presents rubicon, which through terrible dynamic linking crimes, brought joy again into developing their website Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/dynamic-linking/ to see the show notes and transcript! The Self-Directed Research podcast is made possible by our sponsors. We offer 30 second host-read ads at the end of every episode. Not sure how to…
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An introduction to how the 'plumbing' of async tasks and drivers wait, sleep, and are notified for efficient cooperative action; and a glowing overview of the maitake-sync crate's main primitives Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/syncing to see the show notes and transcript! The postcard crate, which is looking for sponsors for the 2.0 release. More i…
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How global is your context? And does it really need atomic reference counting? Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/arc to see the show notes and transcript! Episode sponsor: Visit ladybird.org for more information and to join the mailing list.By OneVariable GmbH
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Talking to Microcontrollers with Postcard-RPC
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A conceptual introduction to structured communication protocols, and the design decisions behind the postcard-rpc crate Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/postcard-rpc to see the show notes and transcript! Episode sponsor: Visit ladybird.org for more information and to join the mailing list.By OneVariable GmbH
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An overview of Thread Local Variables, and the challenges they pose for experimental dynamic linking support. Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/thread-locals to see the show notes and transcript! Episode sponsor: Visit ladybird.org for more information and to join the mailing list.By OneVariable GmbH
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An introduction to DMA, including what it is commonly used for, and a model of how to think about what the hardware does. Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/dma to see the show notes and transcript! You can read the Inside Rust Survey Announcement for information about the Embedded Rust Community Micro Survey, or you can take the survey now byclicking …
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How Usable is the Rust Cranelift Backend Today
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An experience report of attempting and MOSTLY succeeding in using the Cranelift backend for real MacOS applications Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/cranelift/ to see the show notes and transcript! Episode sponsor: fasterthanlime, who makes articles and videos about computers for a living. You can support Amos's work by reading articles on their webs…
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BBQueue - Going Just Far Enough with Generics
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A dive into abstracting unusual behavior differences using generics to manage different storage and async usage styles Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/bbqueue/ to see the show notes and transcript! Episode sponsor: OneVariable is a consultancy focused on advising and development services in the areas of systems engineering, embedded systems, and sof…
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An update to previous research about speeding build times, informed by unexpected increased cost of maintenance Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/wrong-build-times to see the show notes and transcript! Thank you to Tweede golf for sponsoring this episode. Tweede golf is a Rust consultancy from the Netherlands. Reach out to them if you need help buildi…
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Meet the hosts of the Self-Directed Research Podcast, and learn what it is all about! Visit About us page to get to know who we are!By OneVariable GmbH
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