field notes from a senior firmware engineer

The software that runs on hardware you didn't know was a computer.

I'm Jhonata Poma-Hansen - bomba for short. Senior Firmware Engineer at Veo Technologies, based in Hvidovre, raised in Catania between Linux user groups and rap jams. This blog is where I write up what I'm doing when it's gnarly enough to deserve a careful explanation - mostly Yocto, BSP bring-ups, kernel work, and occasional field notes from the rack.

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  1. From cypher to crew: a framework for AI agents that outlive their sessions

    A crew of AI agents running in my attic, each with a name, a job and a memory, plus the open-source framework that keeps them alive between sessions.

  2. A modular NixOS flake for four hosts: one codebase, one Justfile, no drift

    How I manage four NixOS machines (one server, three workstations) from a single flake: profiles, modular composition, sops-nix secrets, hot-reload dotfiles, and a Justfile that hides the rough edges.

  3. Building TurboRelic: a Yocto distro for the Anbernic RG353V, from first boot to a hot pink web dashboard

    Seven weeks, 62 libretro cores, a custom web dashboard streaming the screen in HW-encoded MJPEG, and the BSP decisions I'd make again.