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Category: User Stories

Customizing Your Understand UI: A SciTools Co-Founder’s Favorite Layout

Posted on August 6, 2025

Our president at SciTools, Ken Nelson, walks us through his personal Understand layout. His goal is simple: maximize the information he needs most without cluttering the screen.

Integrating AI into Drone Flight Controllers

Posted on December 19, 2024

Ming-I Sun details his experience using Understand to navigate the Betaflight codebase and integrate AI into a drone flight controller. Ming is a retired software engineer from Zebra Technologies who possesses extensive…

Safeguarding NASA Missions with Understand

Posted on August 14, 2024

SciTools recently met with NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) team to explore how they leverage Understand to ensure the safety and reliability of mission-critical software.

A Journey Through Time and Code

Posted on June 17, 2024

Johannes Lang, an Embedded Software Engineer at R-Stahl Germany, reflects on his two-decade journey with Understand, illustrating how the tool revolutionized his team’s approach to software development.

Use Case: Mixed Language Legacy Code Management by the US Air Force

Posted on November 13, 2023

At the heart of the United States Air Force Material Command’s software maintenance operations, SciTools’ Understand software emerges as an essential tool, particularly when tasked with the upkeep of legacy systems that employ the Department of Defense’s JOVIAL programming language in conjunction with C and C++. This use case outlines the critical role Understand plays in maintaining such intricate and specialized codebases.

Eric Poole: Using Understand to Reverse Engineer Legacy Code

Posted on October 24, 2023

TLDR: Eric Poole has used Understand for over 20 years to understand and reverse engineer legacy code for medical devices and other projects. Eric Poole is a retired software engineering consultant who…

Understand Desktops Around the World

Posted on September 12, 2023

We are asking for pictures of your desktop setups, and you are delivering! Scroll down to check out some of our favorites so far. But first… Did you know there are hundreds…

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