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Field Notes

Plain-English takes on physical security, IoT, and AI in the field. Install postmortems, deployment reviews, integrator practice. Posts coming as we build out — first drafts in editorial now.

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4 drafts in progress

Networks
[ coming soon ]
NetworksQ3 2026

When mesh actually beats hardwire — a citywide deployment review

Notes from the Bay Harbor mesh rollout — when wireless is the right call, when it isn’t, and the design questions to ask before committing.

Analytics
[ coming soon ]
AnalyticsQ3 2026

AI-flagged anomalies vs. operator alert fatigue

Why most AI-camera overlays generate more noise than signal — and what tuning actually looks like for a real operations team.

Cabling
[ coming soon ]
CablingQ4 2026

Fiber vs. wireless backhaul for marina environments

Saltwater, lightning, brackish path crossings. The real trade-offs between running fiber to a dock and bridging the gap with hardened wireless.

Access Control
[ coming soon ]
Access ControlQ4 2026

The compliance angle on biometric access in commercial buildings

Privacy posture, retention policy, and the lease-language questions to settle before specifying face or fingerprint at a tenant entry.

// first posts publishing later this year

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