Tag: IoT

  • Hardware: The Quiet Death of Repair, and Why It Matters

    Hardware: The Quiet Death of Repair, and Why It Matters

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The average American household owned 21 connected devices in 2024. The same household replaced a primary device every 2.7 years. The average lifespan of the discarded device was 4.1 years. We are replacing things before they break.

  • Building a Home Lab in 2026: What I Actually Use and What I Would Skip

    Building a Home Lab in 2026: What I Actually Use and What I Would Skip

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The home lab used to be the server in the closet running the outdated workstation. The 2026 version sits as the mini PC under the desk, the small NAS in the cupboard, the smart switch that knows what each device is, the homelab that teaches the things the production environment never gets to teach.

  • The Raspberry Pi Cluster in Production in 2026

    The Raspberry Pi Cluster in Production in 2026

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    A Raspberry Pi cluster looks like a toy until you wire it into the production system. Then it becomes a piece of the production system, and the question of whether to use it stops being a question of whether it can do the work and starts being a question of whether you trust the hardware…