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Working guides for the boundary between digital and physical.
Each guide is a curated path through our engineering notes plus a checklist you can take into your next meeting. Free, in exchange for an email you can unsubscribe from in one click.
Industrial IoT + monitoringThe Plant Data Starter Guide
See what your machines actually did today — without replacing any equipment.
What you get
- 5 sections, 15 curated articles (35 min)
- A 6-point checklist you can tick off and print
- Written for: Plant managers and engineering leads at 25–500 person manufacturers with no production data.
Machine visionCan a Camera Inspect This? A Feasibility Guide
A defensible yes / no / how on automated inspection before you commit capital.
What you get
- 4 sections, 11 curated articles (40 min)
- A 5-point checklist you can tick off and print
- Written for: Quality and engineering leads considering machine vision for a real defect.
AI automationYour First AI Automation: Pick, Build, Measure
One expensive manual process, automated and measured, in weeks — with a human still in the loop.
What you get
- 4 sections, 11 curated articles (30 min)
- A 5-point checklist you can tick off and print
- Written for: Owners and operations leads at small and mid-size businesses drowning in a repetitive process.
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