Phil Windley's Technometria - Archive for Sept 2026

Archive for Sept 2026

7 entries

Fri Sep 18 10:57:09 2026

Alexander Rose [@arose](https://github.com/arose) Alexandru Mărășteanu [@alexei](https://github.com/alexei) Andras [@andrasq](https://github.com/andrasq) Benoit Giannangeli [@giann](https://github.com/giann) Branden Visser [@mrvisser](https://github.com/mrvisser) David Baird daurnimator [@daurnimator](https://github.com/daurnimator) Doug Beck [@beck](https://github.com/beck) Dzmitry Litskalau [@litmit](https://github.com/litmit) Fred Ludlow [@fredludlow](https://github.com/fredludlow) Hans Pufal Henry [@alograg](https://github.com/alograg) Johnny Shields [@johnnyshields](https://github.com/johnnyshields) Kamal Abdali Matt Simerson [@msimerson](https://github.com/msimerson) Maxime Robert [@marob](https://github.com/marob) MeriemKhelifi [@MeriemKhelifi](https://github.com/MeriemKhelifi) Michael Schramm [@wodka](https://github.com/wodka) Nazar Mokrynskyi [@nazar-pc](https://github.com/nazar-pc) Oliver Salzburg [@oliversalzburg](https://github.com/oliversalzburg) Pablo [@ppollono](https://github.com/ppollono) Rabehaja Stevens [@RABEHAJA-STEVENS](https://github.com/RABEHAJA-STEVENS) Raphael Pigulla [@pigulla](https://github.com/pigulla) rebeccapeltz [@rebeccapeltz](https://github.com/rebeccapeltz) Stefan Tingström [@stingstrom](https://github.com/stingstrom) Tim Gates [@timgates42](https://github.com/timgates42)
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Fri Sep 18 10:57:09 2026

Moving My Sensor Network onto Manifold

Thu Sep 17 10:08:00 2026

I moved my working LoRaWAN sensor network onto the new Manifold framework and pointed Home Assistant at it as the interface. The port went smoothly until the OAuth protection on the mesh blocked the inbound webhooks Helium uses to deliver readings. The fix was to let a mesh owner scope access channel by channel, and the pico engine now supports it.
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Software-Defined Three-Way Switch

Tue Sep 15 08:41:00 2026

A remodel left me with lights over two fireplace benches wired to separate switches, so turning them on meant a walk to both ends of the room. Rather than tear open the wall, I used Home Assistant and a pair of Inovelli switches to make the two behave as one. The wiring doesn’t have to change if software controls the switches.
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There's a Personal App for That

Thu Sep 10 09:39:00 2026

My twenty-five-year-old Intel Play QX3 microscope had no software that would run on a modern Mac, so I used Claude to write one in a morning. When an app takes a morning instead of two weeks, software can stop being a product and start being personal.
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Authentication Is Largely Solved. Authorization Isn't.

Thu Sep 3 11:03:00 2026

My new book, Authorization in Action, is out from Manning. It's about the question that comes after we know who you are: what are you allowed to do, under what conditions, on whose behalf, and in what context? Authentication is largely a solved problem; authorization is not, and AI agents are about to make that gap impossible to ignore.
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