Kubernetes Network Policy Egress: RDS & External Services
Kubernetes network policy egress in 2026: lock down pod egress to RDS and external services with NetworkPolicy, CNI gotchas, CIDR rules, and a working example.
VLA Models Compared: GR00T, Gemini Robotics, Pi0 (2026)
A 2026 comparison of vision-language-action (VLA) models: NVIDIA GR00T N1.5, Gemini Robotics, and Pi0 — architecture, on-device fit, and a decision matrix.
Isaac Lab Reinforcement Learning: A Robot-Training Tutorial
A hands-on 2026 Isaac Lab tutorial for reinforcement learning: environments, the training loop, reward design, sim-to-real transfer, and a working example.
PTC NEXT 2026: Is Intelligent PLM Real?
An analysis of PTC NEXT 2026: Orbit, Jetstream, 12 AI agents, and whether 'Intelligent PLM' is a genuine architecture shift or a rebrand of the digital thread.
Robot Fleet Orchestration with Open-RMF: A Tutorial
A hands-on 2026 tutorial for robot fleet orchestration with Open-RMF: traffic management, task allocation, the fleet adapter, and a working multi-AMR demo.
Intel-Foxconn Rack-Scale AI Infrastructure: 2026 Analysis
Analysis of the June 2026 Intel-Foxconn rack-scale AI infrastructure partnership: what Xeon-based AI racks mean for the GPU-dominated data center market.
Perpetual Futures Funding-Rate Engine: Architecture (2026)
A 2026 systems design for a perpetual futures funding-rate engine: index/mark price, premium aggregation, settlement scheduling, and failure modes.
Autonomous Vehicle Reference Architecture (2026 Update)
An updated 2026 reference architecture for autonomous vehicles: the sense-plan-act stack, sensor fusion, safety cases, and the compute platform - refreshed.
CODESYS vs TwinCAT: Soft-PLC Architecture Compared (2026)
An engineer's 2026 comparison of CODESYS and TwinCAT soft-PLC runtimes: real-time determinism, fieldbus support, IEC 61131-3, EtherCAT, and a decision matrix.
Smart Order Routing Engine Architecture (2026)
A 2026 systems design of a smart order routing engine: venue selection, latency budgets, best-execution logic, risk checks, and the failure modes that bite.