Dispatches from actual jobs, what breaks, what works, and what to buy before the salesperson at Best Buy talks you out of it. Written by the engineer who does the work.
The room-by-room diagnosis that changes how homeowners think about WiFi, before they spend $400 on a mesh system that won't fix the actual problem.
Read the article →The U.S. government is moving to ban TP-Link routers over national security concerns. Here's what's actually happening, which models are affected, and what to replace them with.
The exact checks I run on every new client's setup. What to look at, what to ignore, and the one setting nobody turns on.
3,800 sq ft, five Ring cameras, one $6/month subscription, and why the homeowner switched to local recording after one incident.
Three apps I've tested on real jobs, bidding, scheduling, and follow-up. One of them pays for itself in the first week.
I install about 20 smart locks a year. Here are the three I actually trust on my own family's door, and the five I've ripped off other people's doors.
Ten minutes of hard-won advice on projectors, speakers, and the one mistake that ruins every install.
Routers, mesh, dead zones, the whole mess. The most-read category on the site.
6 posts →Locks, lights, thermostats. What's worth the money, what's security theater.
2 posts →Ring, Arlo, UniFi, and the brands homeowners don't hear about but should.
2 posts →Projectors, speakers, and how to spend $3k and look like you spent $15k.
1 posts →Office WiFi, VPNs, two-monitor setups. For people whose paycheck depends on a stable network.
8 posts →Real Baton Rouge homes. What broke, what we did, what it cost.
2 posts →When something in the industry changes (TP-Link ban, recalls, etc.), I write about it here.
1 posts →How I run the business. Pricing, tools, and why the trucks are always clean.
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