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.
2 posts →