Engineering notes

Technical writing from the team that ships the work.

No listicles, no filler. Notes on the same engineering decisions we make on client projects: simulation validation, agent architecture, build-vs-buy, and IoT fleet design.

Autonomous Vehicles 9 min read

SILS vs HILS: A Practical Guide to Simulation-Based Validation

What software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop simulation actually catch, where they overlap, and how to sequence both before a flight controller ever leaves the bench.

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AI & Machine Learning 8 min read

What AI Agents Actually Are: A Technical Primer

Past the marketing language: the real architecture behind agentic systems, when they outperform simpler automation, and where they still need a human in the loop.

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Custom Software 7 min read

Custom Software vs Off-the-Shelf: A Decision Framework

Build vs buy isn't ideology, it's a cost curve. A practical framework for knowing which side of that curve your team is actually on.

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Internet of Things 8 min read

IoT Architecture Patterns: From Prototype to Production Fleet

The four-layer stack behind reliable IoT systems, and the specific decisions that separate a 10-device demo from a 10,000-device fleet that doesn't fall over.

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