Buying a network switch for a home lab or a serious home network should be straightforward. My requirements were fairly specific: 16 or 24 ports, managed functionality, a European vendor, standard 19-inch rack compatibility, quiet operation, and a…
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Manufacturers are under pressure to connect machines, production data, enterprise applications, and the cloud. The promise is compelling: better visibility, faster decisions, predictive maintenance, higher quality, and more flexible operations. Yet IT/OT integration remains difficult—and the reason is…
Read articleA practical look at how manufacturing companies can build data architectures that scale from the first use case to multiple lines, plants and sites.
Read articleFor my setup, home automation is less about dashboards and more about a clean instance tree, API access, and reliable data flows into a real-time database. In that context, ioBroker still fits better than Home Assistant.
Read articleA practical look at how ISA-95, a Unified Namespace, and schema enforcement work together to create an AI-ready manufacturing data foundation.
Read articleA practical step-by-step guide to serving two domains from one self-hosted WordPress installation, including DNS, hosting aliases, SSL, and dynamic WordPress URL configuration.
Read articleTo be more precise, I have been blogging here more deliberately again since September 3, 2019. As of July 6, 2026, that adds up to 2,498 days.
Read articleI first heard Infernal Love by Therapy? during the summer months of 1995. As a teenager, it was immediately one of those albums where you know after a short time: I need to buy this. Visually, it has…
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