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Architecture3 min read
Designing a unified namespace that survives contact with the plant
Most UNS designs fail in month three, when the second site does not fit the model. Here is the hierarchy discipline that prevents it.
Administrator · 27 Jul 2026
Architecture3 min read
The edge is not a smaller server
Designing for 512 MB of RAM and a network link that disappears for days changes more architectural decisions than you would expect.
Administrator · 11 Jun 2026
Architecture3 min read
Stop alarm floods before they start
One upstream trip should produce one alarm, not ninety. Dependency suppression, deadbands and the rationalisation nobody wants to do.
Administrator · 28 May 2026