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Notes from the field.

The things we wish more teams knew before they started, written by the engineers who ship and operate this work.

OTA updates without the 3am rollback: a staged-rollout playbook for device fleets

A bad firmware release should reach one percent of your fleet, not all of it. Here is the rollout discipline we apply to every connected product we ship.

Jul 14, 2026·7 min read

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Industrial IoT6 min read

MQTT, OPC-UA or Modbus? Choosing the wire for industrial IoT

The protocol question comes up in the first week of every industrial project. The answer is usually more than one. Here is how we decide which goes where.

May 22, 2026Read

Product8 min read

Your IoT prototype is not a product. Here are the six things that make it one.

A working demo on a development board is a start, not a finish line. These are the gaps we close between a prototype and something you can ship and support for years.

Mar 9, 2026Read