Notes on industrial AI, SCADA, alarm intelligence, and what we're building at Puffstack.
Industrial performance depends on turning operating context into clear decisions. Most industrial environments already have the signals: flow, pressure, temperature, vibration, chemistry, alarms, even
On building systems where trust emerges from architecture, not promisesThere’s a sensor in a tailings pond somewhere in the Copperbelt, dutifully recording pH levels every five minutes. Twelve thousan
Companies often approach AI as another software tool useful but peripheral. They buy AI like they buy accounting software: install it, run it, and expect incremental improvements. But the future belon
Companies do not fail because they move slowly. They fail because they cannot adapt. Adaptability in tech means moving beyond legacy systems. These old integrated systems hold critical functions toget
Since around 2020, industrial businesses have increasingly moved from experimenting with small-scale AI projects to rolling out AI across entire organizations. There are clear hurdles, but also proven
As organizations grapple with aging embedded hardware and distributed control systems, there’s an ongoing tension between the appeal of advanced technologies and the practical challenges of system rep
Technical literacy is no longer optional. It’s table stakes Andrew Ng recently highlighted a trend we’ve been tracking closely: a widening performance gap between “non-technical” professionals. Those
As our context windows expand and our LLMs grow more sophisticated, we’re witnessing an interesting evolution in how we approach knowledge-intensive AI applications. Cache-Augmented Generation (CAG) h
In the rush to embrace IoT’s transformative potential, we’re overlooking a critical challenge that’s silently killing innovation: configuration complexity. While headlines focus on AI and machine lear
The narrative around AI agents has largely focused on capabilities and use cases. But analyzing recent industry data reveals a more nuanced story: company size isn’t just a demographic detail. It’s t