Independent Embedded Systems Engineer & C++ Developer

Posted on 2026-10-22

C++ Advantage in the PHP/WordPress Crisis — Why FFS Stays Secure

The PHP core vulnerabilities CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, disclosed on 21 October 2026, along with WordPress's CVE-2026-87902, have pushed governments and companies into emergency response mode. fedem.eu, which absorbs roughly 300 unique attack probes per day, is structurally unaffected — and that is no accident.

Posted on 2026-07-02

Concurrency, Text DSLs, and Soft-Robots

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.

Posted on 2026-06-03

AI Code Generation vs UMTSM: A Pragmatic Comparison

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.

Posted on 2026-05-26

Why Writing State Machine Code by Hand Is a Bad Idea

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.

Posted on 2026-05-25

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

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.

Posted on 2026-04-21

Deploying FFS on Fedora CoreOS — From Zero to Production

Running a web application in production means more than getting it to compile.

Posted on 2026-04-18

UMTSM — From State Machines to Deterministic Reactive Execution Platforms

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.

Posted on 2026-03-29

FFS - Foundational Feature Server

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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C++ Advantage in the PHP/WordPress Crisis — Why FFS Stays Secure

Concurrency, Text DSLs, and Soft-Robots

AI Code Generation vs UMTSM: A Pragmatic Comparison

Why Writing State Machine Code by Hand Is a Bad Idea

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

Deploying FFS on Fedora CoreOS — From Zero to Production

UMTSM — From State Machines to Deterministic Reactive Execution Platforms

FFS - Foundational Feature Server