INSIGHTS / JOURNAL
Engineering notes from the field.
Short, opinionated essays on industrial automation, IoT, and smart-home engineering.
12 Apr 2026
INDUSTRIAL · 6 MIN
Modbus to MQTT, without replacing your PLCs
A pragmatic retrofit pattern for getting live plant telemetry out of legacy controllers — without ripping anything out.
Read02 Mar 2026
AUTOMATION · 5 MIN
Why we build home automation local-first
Cloud convenience is real, but a smart home shouldn't go dark when your ISP does. Here's how we structure installs.
Read20 Jan 2026
EMBEDDED · 4 MIN
Budgeting hardware prototype spins properly
Three prototype iterations isn't failure — it's the default. Here's how we structure each iteration so the final one ships.
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