Stop Replacing Humans With Software. Replace the Phone Calls.
One of the fastest ways to find an automation opportunity is to listen for the sentence, “I’ll call them and find out.” There is…
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The Best API Is Sometimes a Raspberry Pi With Two Network Cables
Enterprise architecture diagrams have a wonderful tendency to assume every system has an API. Then you walk into an actual office. There is a…
Read article →I Put AI in the Presentation Layer. That’s Where It Belongs.
Weather With Regerts started as a joke. It has since accumulated thousands of phrases, themed packs, validation rules, deterministic selection, runtime reloads and enough…
Read article →I Don’t Want an AI House. I Want a House That Works.
I have Home Assistant running enough things in my house that occasionally I have to remind myself the objective was convenience. This is one…
Read article →When a Camera Network Becomes a Time Machine
A camera on a road is easy to understand. A car drives past, the camera sees it, and an observation exists. We have had…
Read article →Your Database Is Not Probable Cause
I have spent a large part of my career building systems that answer questions. Databases are very good at this. Give me a sufficiently…
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