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What we learned shipping hardware, AI and software into production — written by the engineers who did the work.

Why your second production run should cost less than the firstHardware
Aug 2026 · 6 min read

Why your second production run should cost less than the first

DFM decisions that look like polish at prototype stage are the ones that set your unit cost for years.

Running models at the edge when the network cannot be trustedAI Automation
Jul 2026 · 8 min read

Running models at the edge when the network cannot be trusted

What changes when inference has to happen on the device, and how we budget for it up front.

Fleet telemetry that still makes sense at 10,000 devicesIoT
Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Fleet telemetry that still makes sense at 10,000 devices

Schema, sampling and retention choices that decide whether your dashboards stay useful.

Integrations are the product, not the appendixSoftware
Jun 2026 · 7 min read

Integrations are the product, not the appendix

The ERP, the payment rail and the spreadsheet nobody will give up — planned for in week one.

Designing for a phone in a warehouse, not a deskDesign
Jun 2026 · 4 min read

Designing for a phone in a warehouse, not a desk

Gloves, glare and one hand free: constraints that quietly rewrite your interface.

What we hand over at the end of a buildEngineering
May 2026 · 6 min read

What we hand over at the end of a build

Runbooks, schematics, test fixtures and the reasoning behind every gate decision.