https://chenfu.ai/en/tags/open-source/ Recent content in Open Source on Fran Kuo | R&D Leadership Hugo -- 0.157.0 en Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://chenfu.ai/en/posts/patch-vs-embedded-system-development/ Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://chenfu.ai/en/posts/patch-vs-embedded-system-development/ <p>Recently, I was assigned to work on a streaming server project. On our development platform, we utilize a combination of patch files and shell scripts to manage source code. We start with the upstream source, apply modifications via <code>patch</code> commands, and then compile the results into the necessary shared libraries or executables. Initially, I didn&rsquo;t give much thought to why we adopted this specific workflow, but lately, I&rsquo;ve begun to appreciate the profound advantages of this approach.</p>