If you’ve only ever used the Arduino IDE for your ESP32 development then this images sums up your entire exposure to the ESP32 partition table. These are the the options for Partition Scheme in ...

This tip will help drastically reduce your build time, especially for simpler projects without a lot of IDF dependencies. How to Use It Add the following line to your top-level CMakeLists.txt fil...

I recently put together a prioritized list of technical to-dos for a client. On one of them I put a note of “This will be a heavy lift”. The CTO appropriately asked “Can you unpack that a bit more ...

This edition could also be called “Stop Using the Arduino IDE!”. As I’ve consulted with many different founders on their projects this is a common challenge and concern. “I should probably stop...

This is the first in what will likely be many posts where you get to LFMM (“Learn From My Mistakes”). These are mistakes I have made in the past or just general production misfortunes I have experi...

“The code isn’t ready for version control yet.” That is a statement I’ve heard before. I’ve also heard “I’ll check it in when it’s a little further along.” If you are creating a production em...

As I’ve watched the Internet of Things landscape evolve over the years I’ve been shocked at how many maker-grade projects are released as products onto unwitting consumers. It often feels a lot li...

Are you trying to create an ESP32-based consumer product? Maybe you want to port an Arduino project to ESP-IDF? Or perhaps you’re just curious what it takes to make a production-grade ESP32 project...