Christine Alifrangis

Séance Bot: Giving a 1999 Karaoke Machine a Second Life

I have a tendency to look at obsolete technology and see something other than obsolete technology. Sometimes that is useful. Sometimes it results in Séance Bot. Séance Bot started life as an Emerson GQ755 karaoke machine from roughly 1999. It has everything you would expect from a late-90s karaoke machine: a CD+G player, a small […]

A Computer Cannot Be Held Accountable

AI can advise, assist, and automate. But when a consequential decision is made about another human being, accountability must remain human.

Maxwell Is Not Another Real Estate CRM — It’s an Operational Intelligence Layer

Maxwell, developed by Coverity.io, is not a CRM. It’s an operational intelligence layer built to manage the complexity of real estate transactions without requiring constant human maintenance.

Maxwell and the End of Fragmented Client Communication in Real Estate

Real estate agents have become human synchronization layers between broken systems. Maxwell, built by Coverity.io, ends fragmented client communication by maintaining transaction continuity across every channel.

Real Estate Needs a Single Integrated Transaction Platform — Here’s Why

The real estate industry runs on disconnected tools held together by manual effort. Coverity.io makes the case for consolidated operational infrastructure that treats the transaction as the center of everything.

Bridging the Document Intelligence Gap in Real Estate Transactions

Real estate’s biggest operational challenge isn’t digitization — it’s the lack of document intelligence. Coverity.io explains how intelligent document systems reduce liability and accelerate closings.

Solving the CRM Gap in Real Estate: Why Continuity Beats Contact Management

Real estate doesn’t have a CRM problem — it has a continuity problem. Learn why transaction-centric platforms like Coverity.io are replacing traditional contact-first CRMs.

Launching a New Company: Finding Your Groove in the Early Days

The Challenge of Starting Fresh Launching a new company is never easy. Every founder quickly discovers that the journey involves more than just having a great idea—it requires the patience to nurture it, the discipline to execute on it, and the resilience to keep moving forward when things get tough. From long nights of development […]

Not to nitpick or anything

Not to nitpick or anything… I’ve recently found myself in a bit of a pickle…. a precarious situation if you will, and, not ignoring the fact that my life at the moment, is run by a chaotic bard who’s had too much caffeine and LSD to see the forest or the trees, I’ve come to […]

Converting Cineform files Part 3 – De-Fisheye

Converting Cineform files and applying a fisheye conversion I’ve updated the Python script with support for de-fisheying using the –fisheye flag. This flag allows users to specify a camera profile supported by lensfun, which is used internally by FFmpeg for lens correction. Additionally, the script can display a list of supported camera models when running […]