--- title: 5 Reasons Why I Dread Writing Embedded GUIs | daily.dev description: embedded development has historically been a pretty complex domain, and not something that one can add to their skillset overnight. silicon vendors have put a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-reasons-why-i-dread-writing-embedded-guis-acli1li-r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 Reasons Why I Dread Writing Embedded GUIs | daily.dev og:description: embedded development has historically been a pretty complex domain, and not something that one can add to their skillset overnight. silicon vendors have put a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-reasons-why-i-dread-writing-embedded-guis-acli1li-r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AcLi1li_r.png og:image:alt: 5 Reasons Why I Dread Writing Embedded GUIs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 Reasons Why I Dread Writing Embedded GUIs **[DZone](https://daily.dev/sources/dz)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary embedded development has historically been a pretty complex domain, and not something that one can add to their skillset overnight. silicon vendors have put a lot of effort into simplifying embedded development, especially for people with little to no experience in the domain. Many applications require at least some kind of graphical user interface. In this article, I have compiled 5 reasons why I tend to not enjoy writing embedded GUI code so much anymore. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#desktop-development](https://daily.dev/tags/desktop-development), [#embedded](https://daily.dev/tags/embedded), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/5-reasons-why-i-dread-writing-embedded-guis-acli1li-r) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"5 Reasons Why I Dread Writing Embedded GUIs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-reasons-why-i-dread-writing-embedded-guis-acli1li-r","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-reasons-why-i-dread-writing-embedded-guis-acli1li-r"},"datePublished":"2021-10-22T15:50:20.496Z","dateModified":"2026-10-14T02:31:17.195Z","description":" embedded development has historically been a pretty complex domain, and not something that one can add to their skillset overnight. silicon vendors have put a...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6f2337d32f5a4db6b04175814daf8ade","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6f2337d32f5a4db6b04175814daf8ade","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DZone","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DZone","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/dz","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/dz"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-reasons-why-i-dread-writing-embedded-guis-acli1li-r","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"desktop-development,embedded,general-programming","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DZone","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/dz"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"5 Reasons Why I Dread Writing Embedded GUIs"}]} ```