Mark Bacon

Architect working on IoT, telecoms and connected embedded systems. These pages hold the guidelines, reference notes, primers and blog posts I write along the way, and the open-source tools I build for docs as code and device engineering.

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Sections

GuidelinesEngineering guidelines: how to plan, design, build, review, release and run software. StandardsCoding and platform standards for C, Python, MISRA, LwM2M and constrained IoT devices. Templates & ChecklistsChecklists and templates: design, code review, definition of done and ready, defects. FirmitasA framework for sustainable engineering delivery: why programmes fail, and how to design for success. PrimersShort introductions to architecture, cloud, IoT, security and methods. The Tech 101s. GuidesLong-form guides and deep dives: architecture, IoT, cyber security, testing, Git and ways of working. Architecture HandbookPatterns, principles, API design and governance for software architecture. GlossaryTerms used across software, IoT and architecture: a page per letter, then numbers and symbols. Tech RadarThe technologies, tools and methods I adopt, trial, assess or hold. BlogPosts on software architecture, technical leadership and docs as code.

Projects

py-doc Markdown technical documentation to Word, PowerPoint, PDF, HTML and web sites. It builds this site. ctxlogkit One-call Python logging with context on every line, in text and JSON. OmniUART Schema-driven UART protocol tool with a CLI, a script runner and a web UI. BC660K dashboard Real-time signal and cell dashboard for a Quectel BC660K NB-IoT modem. reqtool Git-backed YAML requirements management with traceability.