Performance analysis
Why TOPS alone cannot tell you which AI board to buy
Precision, memory and model support can change the meaning of a headline compute figure.
Monthly archive
2026 archive
Essays and guides, organised by their coverage period.
Retrospective essays are grouped by the month they cover. They were written and added on November 2, 2026; that is the publication date shown on each article.
November
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Build notes
An edge AI build checklist: power, storage, cooling and recovery
The board is only one line in the bill of materials. Plan the system around the workload.
Platform comparison
Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ or Jetson: compare the whole system
An add-on accelerator and an integrated developer kit begin from different assumptions.
October
1 articleFailure triage
Triage an unresponsive edge service by its last useful state
A short evidence sequence can separate process failure, resource contention and an application that is alive but stuck.
September
1 articleMaintenance plan
Prepare an offline update as a complete release bundle
A device without dependable network access needs installation and rollback assets available before the update starts.
August
1 articleMeasurement methods
Time the completed result, not the inference dispatch
Measurement endpoints must follow useful output across host work, device execution and synchronization.
July
1 articleApplication design
Set a context policy before adding more documents
A local assistant needs rules for what enters a request and what happens when it no longer fits.
June
1 articleDiagnostic procedure
Trace a power fault through the complete assembly
Treat supply, cable, peripherals and operating mode as separate suspects in a restart investigation.
May
1 articleStorage notes
Give application logs a storage budget
Useful diagnostics need bounded retention and enough free space for the next recovery operation.
April
1 articleArtifact management
A compiled inference engine is a release artifact
Keep the target environment and conversion recipe attached to an optimized model file.
March
1 articleResource planning
Reserve Linux headroom for the control path
Resource limits should preserve the processes that keep an edge system observable and recoverable.
February
1 articleConversion notes
Calibration data should resemble the camera’s actual inputs
Treat static quantization as a data-dependent conversion step with its own acceptance set.
January
1 articleMeasurement plan
Report energy per completed task beside power
A fair energy comparison needs a defined task, a measurement boundary and a rule for idle time.