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The TMPDIR podcastAvocado OS With Justin SchneckAvailable on your favorite podcast platform.
In this episode, we visit with
Justin Schneck from
Peridio about how Avocado OS is solving various problems
in the embedded Linux space. Avocado’s attributes are composability,
extensibility, and security. This platform composes embedded runtimes, which
seems like a practical alternative to containers at the edge.
Discuss this episode at our
community site.
2025-06-2755 min
The Innovators of ThingsFrom Blinky Lights to Avocado OS: Justin Schneck on Building the Future of Embedded LinuxIn this highly engaging episode, Jillian Kaplan talks with Justin Schneck, co-founder of Peridio, whose path to embedded systems engineering started not in a lab—but behind a drum kit in Hollywood. Justin shares his journey from musician and recording engineer to embedded Linux expert and open-source innovator.The episode dives deep into Justin’s early work building a remote-start motorcycle (complete with a blinky light jacket), his passion for building developer-friendly tools, and how he’s helping modernize embedded Linux with Avocado OS—a new platform designed to simplify and secure the next generati...2025-06-0629 min
Beyond The BenchFrom Steam Deck to Immutable Linux: The Future of Embedded SystemsJoin Justin Schneck and Frank Vazquez as they dive into the fascinating world of embedded Linux, immutable distros, and the unexpected versatility of devices like the Steam Deck. Discover how system extensions, A/B updates, and immutable file systems are reshaping embedded development, and get an inside look at their new project—Avocado Linux, a binary distribution designed for embedded developers. Connect with Bill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbrock25/Talk to Peridio: https://www.peridio.com/contactSubscribe to Peridio’s Newsletter here2025-05-2830 min
Beyond The BenchThe Future Of Embedded Development - Inside Avocado LinuxJoin Peridio founders as they continue their story, revealing how they're transforming embedded Linux development with Avocado OS. Discover their practical approach to solving real-world hardware challenges, eliminating development bottlenecks, and making connected product creation more accessible across industries.Guests: -Justin Schneck: CPO at Peridio-Daniel Spofford: CTO at PeridioConnect with Bill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbrock25/Talk to Peridio: https://www.peridio.com/contactSubscribe to Peridio’s Newsletter here2025-05-1443 min
Beyond The BenchFrom Elixir to Embedded Systems: Our Origin Story - Part 1Join Peridio founders as they share their origin story, from discovering Elixir to revolutionizing embedded systems development. Learn about the challenges of build systems, embedded Linux, and their mission to make hardware development more accessible.Our Guests: Justin Schneck: CPO at Peridio & Daniel Spofford: CTO at PeridioConnect with Bill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbrock25/Talk to Peridio: https://www.peridio.com/contactSubscribe to Peridio’s Newsletter here2025-04-0945 min
Thinking Elixir Podcast221: From Keynotes to Job ListingsNews includes ElixirConf keynotes appearing on YouTube, updates on ErrorTracker's latest release, José Valim's deep dive on ChatGPT UX issues with Phoenix LiveView, Dockyard's announcement of LVN Go to streamline LiveView Native workshops, and Livebook's newest notebook navigation features. Plus, Nvidia's job opening that explicitly mentions Elixir, Alchemy Conf 2025 details, NASA's development of a Lunar timezone, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/221
Elixir Community News
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqj39LCvnOWbW2Zli4LurDGc6lL5ij-9Y – ElixirConf keynotes are appearing on YouTube, currently featuring Justin Schneck's and Chris McC...2024-09-2427 min
Elixir WizardsElixir Wizards X Thinking Elixir ElixirConf 2024 Hype-isodeThe Elixir Wizards and Thinking Elixir podcasts join forces to bring you a special hype-isode for ElixirConf 2024 in Orlando, Florida. Hosts Owen, Sundi, David, and Mark discuss their favorite moments from past conferences and offer a sneak peek into what this year's event has in store.
From insightful training classes to thought-provoking talks on topics like LiveView, data processing, Nerves, and machine learning—there's something for every Elixirist and Elixir-curious software developer. In this episode, we share tips on making the most of the conference, whether you're there to network, learn, or just soak in the community vi...2024-07-2359 min
Attention to Intention#ShareYourStory: You Are Who You Surround Yourself With Featuring Justin SchenckI was HOOKED on this Stephen Spielberg documentary & as I heard this award winning pioneer of American film, the most successful director of all time talking abut his insecurities. How he felt alone as a kid & he used this loneliness behind the screen to build the connection with the audiences he was so hungry for. How true this is of so many of us. Using the thing that brought us to our knees to get us to a breakthrough to our own calling. Our guest today, Justin Schneck, is no different. I LOVE...2022-11-011h 00
The Ohio AdvocateJuly 31st, 2022 ShowIn this week's episode, Matt and Justin discuss the rising number of COVID cases in Ohio, Butler County's recent ban on new wind and solar power projects, and senate candidate JD Vance's controversial comments on domestic violence. Daphne Carr interviews Dr. Ken Schneck, editor of the Buckeye Flame, about the abundance of Ohio communities who hosed trans-rights rallies this July and how to be an ally in these dark times for LGBTQAI+ Ohioans. Music provided by Danimal Sound. Support the Show.2022-07-3151 min
Fire in The Belly“My Rock Bottom Moment Was The Catalyst For Greatness.” - Justin Schneck.Master podcaster, named in the ‘Top 8 podcasters to watch’ in 2018, Justin Scheck joins Pete to discuss how his rock bottom moment was the catalyst to his greatness. Together they discuss how purpose can be found in your rock bottom moments, why we are always where we are supposed to be in life and why we always have control over how we react to change. KEY TAKEAWAYS There are so many people in this world that think that their rock bottom moment is the end. We’re given the pains in our life as an opportu...2021-09-011h 18
Elixir MixEMx 103: IOT with Nerves with Justin SchneckWe talk with Justin Schneck, co-auth of Nerves, about how he got into embedded programming, why Elixir (and Nerves!) is the the best fit for designing resilient embedded systems and what’s next for the Nerves community. Panelists Alex Koutmos Josh Adams Mika Kalathil Bruce Tate Steven Nuñez Lars Wikman Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Justin Schneck Sponsors Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy ScoutGroxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious CodersCacheFly Picks Alex Koutmos: tailwind UI Josh Adams: @MisterTechBlogPineTime Mika Kalathil: GitHub nerves-web-kiosk/kiosk_system_rpi3 Steven Nuñez: Drive In Movi...2020-08-1859 min
Elixir WizardsElixir Wizards Dojo: Nerves Part 1 with Frank Hunleth and Justin SchneckWelcome to the first part of our extra special Elixir Wizards Dojo. A mashup made in partnership with ElixirConf Japan, in today’s episode, we pose questions asked by the Japanese Nerves community to Nerves core team members, Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck. After introducing our guests, we talk about which companies make use of Nerve and explore its use cases by looking at FarmBot, an open source robotic farming tool. Justin and Frank take turns explaining the differences between soft and hard real-time — a springboard to show how Nerve excels within its ‘middle-ground of complexity’, production-orientated niche. From Hallowee...2020-08-1154 min
Elixir WizardsGreg Mefford on Nerves, Poncho vs Umbrella Apps, and Pre-Code PlanningIn today’s episode, we chat about system architecture, Ruby, Elixir, and everything in between with Greg Mefford, the senior back-end engineer for the Bleacher Report. We open the conversation by asking Greg about his start in coding, leading to a story about how Greg was that bored kid pressuring a math teacher to teach him QBasic. He shares how he fell in love with Ruby before discovering Elixir and Nerves. Having faced some challenges when learning Nerves, Greg talks about how he began documenting his pain points and writing documents to help onboard newcomers. We discuss Greg’s work...2020-08-0641 min
Elixir WizardsJustin Schneck & Frank Hunleth on Nerves and Performance – Working with ElixirOn today’s show, we welcome Justin Schneck and Frank Hunleth, luminaries from the Nerves team! We take a dive into the world of Nerves with them, covering themes of performance, problem-solving, transitioning to hardware, and breakthroughs in the field. We begin with a conversation on how Elixir handles performance issues on the range of devices they support and Frank gets into how the team solved an early boot time discrepancy between a PC and a Raspberry Pi board. Other big themes for today are ironing out the kinks in the system registry model and merging Erlang and into ha...2019-12-1238 minElixir MixEMx 070: Home Automation Using Radio Frequencies with Jon CarstensIn this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Jon Carstens about his work with Nerves. Michael Ries gives a little background on Jon, as they have worked together and Jon helps run the remote nerves meet up that Michael attends. Jon recently started working with Frank Hunleth at Smart Rent. Jon tells the panel what an adventure it is working at Smart Rent. The panel asks Jon about the parts of the Nerves ecosystem he has been working in. He explains how he has been working with NervesHub to manage collections or groups of devices. He has also been wo...2019-09-2438 minElixir MixEMx 067: What's New with Nerves with Frank HunlethSponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan GitLab | Get 30% off tickets with the promo code: DEVCHATCOMMIT My Ruby StoryCacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Josh Adams Eric Oestrich Joined by Special Guest: Frank Hunleth Summary Frank Hunleth, co-author of Nerves, shares where Nerves came from and how it got started. The panel discusses the Nerves 1.5 release and the improvements in it. Frank introduces Nerves Hub and Michael Ries gives a little marketing spin to it, explaining what you can do with Nerves Hub and why you would want to use it. The panel di...2019-09-031h 17Elixir MixEMx 008: Nerves! with Frank Hunleth and Justin SchneckPanel: Eric BerryMark EriksonJosh Adams Special Guests: Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck about Nerves! Frank is a software developer who, in his day job, focuses on C and C++ and now works for Smartrent using Nerves. Justin is currently working for Le Tote where he applies Nerves to the production there. They talk about what Nerves is, the two worlds you work within Nerves, the disadvantages to using Nerves, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Frank and Justin introLooking into ideas on...2018-06-1846 min
Scratch Your Own Itch | With Logan Tyler NelsonSYOI 95: Justin Schenck | How To Create A Premium Podcast1. Who is Justin Schneck 2. How To Make Quantum Leaps With Your Podcast 3. Check out:https://growthnowmovement.com/ 4. How To Get Rob Bell On Your Show 5. Where You Can start Improving Your Inner Circle 7. Justin's Loss With His Mom 8. Why Justin Doesn't Do Things For Money 9. Justin's Persistence Has Gave Him Anything If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast. I'd also love it if you could leave me a review. Doing this will help more people discover the show so t...2018-04-2543 min
Scratch Your Own Itch | With Logan Tyler NelsonSYOI 95: Justin Schenck | How To Create A Premium Podcast1. Who is Justin Schneck 2. How To Make Quantum Leaps With Your Podcast 3. Check out:https://growthnowmovement.com/ 4. How To Get Rob Bell On Your Show 5. Where You Can start Improving Your Inner Circle 7. Justin's Loss With His Mom 8. Why Justin Doesn't Do Things For Money 9. Justin's Persistence Has Gave Him Anything If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast. I'd also love it if you could leave me a review. Doing this will help more people discover the show so t...2018-04-2543 min
The Chunk Podcast2018 NBA Playoff Preview - Chunk Pod #1A few of us here at The Chunk took the time to fill out our own NBA Playoff Brackets and show the world how we think the playoffs are going to shake out. There are some hot takes and some shocking upsets, but when it came down to the Finals, the results were pretty much in the same ballpark. Hope you enjoy our very first (of many) podcasts! On this pod:Justin DoyleRegi BastienNick SchneckJJ MitchellRyan LynchNiki Juste2018-04-1338 min
The Chunk2018 NBA Playoff Preview - Chunk Pod #1A few of us here at The Chunk took the time to fill out our own NBA Playoff Brackets and show the world how we think the playoffs are going to shake out. There are some hot takes and some shocking upsets, but when it came down to the Finals, the results were pretty much in the same ballpark. Hope you enjoy our very first (of many) podcasts!
On this pod:
Justin Doyle
Regi Bastien
Nick Schneck
JJ Mitchell
Ryan Lynch
Niki Juste2018-04-1338 min
Functional GeekeryJustin SchneckIn this episode I talk with Justin Schneck. We talk embedded Erlang and Elixir with the Nerves Project, where Nerves fits in the landscape of embedded systems, prototyping vs deployment, and much, much more.
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Conference Announcements
Elixir.LDN will be taking place on August 17th. To help encourage inclusion and diversity 30 Free Scholarship places are available. Visit http://www.elixir.london/ to find out more and register.
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