When designing an IoT device, another question you need to answer early is how are you going to connect devices to each other. Again, I will try to summarize the current (2024) most popular choices and their advantages and disadvantages in specific scenarios.

When designing an IoT device, one of the first questions you need to answer is how are you going to receive data from the device. There is no single industry standard, and many protocols have their unique pros and cons. I will try to summarize the current (2024) most popular choices and their advantages and disadvantages in specific scenarios.

Much has been written (and rewritten!) about software rewrites. I want to share two stories from my personal career, one of a successful, and one of a somewhat-successful-but-wasteful rewrite.