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Posted on 2026-07-02

Concurrency, Text DSLs, and Soft-Robots

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Why defining state machines in a text-based DSL transforms the development process — and how deterministic code generators act as soft-robots: automating concurrency without taking control away from the engineer.
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Posted on 2026-06-03

AI Code Generation vs UMTSM: A Pragmatic Comparison

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A colleague told me they no longer need tools like UMTSM because they use AI. It is a fair challenge. Here is an honest answer — not a defensive one.
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Posted on 2026-05-26

Why Writing State Machine Code by Hand Is a Bad Idea

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The heart of embedded software is often a state machine. But writing that code by hand silently accumulates technical debt — maintenance costs rise, testing gets harder, and onboarding a new developer takes weeks. There is a better way.
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Posted on 2026-05-25

From UMT Model to C++ Code: A Door Controller in 30 Minutes

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We model a door controller from scratch using UMTSM and convert it to production-ready C++ code. Step by step — from writing the .umt file to running the generated code.
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Posted on 2026-04-21

Deploying FFS on Fedora CoreOS — From Zero to Production

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Running a web application in production means more than getting it to compile.
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Posted on 2026-04-18

UMTSM — From State Machines to Deterministic Reactive Execution Platforms

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Classical FSMs model behavior — but only partially. UMTSM redefines the role of state machines: from static diagrams to deterministic execution systems capable of handling real-world reactive complexity.
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FFS - Foundational Feature Server
Posted on 2026-03-29

FFS - Foundational Feature Server

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When I started building my own freelance platform, I quickly realized that the standard approach — string together a CMS, a few plugins, a JavaScript framework, and a hosting service — just did not fit the way I work.
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