Lars Wikman sits down with Jerod Santo and Adam Stacoviak to talk Elixir, the Nerves embedded systems framework, Linux distro hopping, and home automation via Home Assistant. Wikman runs underjord.io and is a recurring voice on the Erlang/Elixir side of the software world.
The conversation covers practical embedded Linux work using Nerves on hardware like the ZimaBoard, self-hosted automation with n8n, and the recurring friction developers hit when treating IoT as an afterthought. These are not theoretical discussions. Wikman builds this stuff. The details on where Nerves fits versus bare Linux installs alone justify the listen.
If you follow the BEAM ecosystem, Beam Radio gets a mention alongside the home automation stack. The full episode runs long enough that Changelog++ members trim 8 minutes of ads. Read the show notes for direct links to every tool named, then go hear Wikman explain the 4 DIMM problem in his own words.
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