11 August 2026
Most building systems are meant to be invisible, until one quietly stops working and a tenant finds out first. TurtleSonar is being built to catch that earlier, without behaving like an overexcited smoke alarm every time a device sneezes.
14 July 2026
Cheap internet is only cheap until it takes down payments, tenant WiFi and access control at once. Why unmanaged lines are an invisible risk, and how to size connectivity to the building it actually serves.
6 July 2026
Your HVAC sensor does not need a private jet. Why many buildings overpay for enterprise fiber they barely use, and how smarter dual-ISP redundancy keeps essential systems online for a fraction of the cost.
22 June 2026
Good-enough networking rarely fails dramatically. It just adds friction. Here’s the hidden operational cost of layered building networks, and why simpler architecture pays off.
10 June 2026
Behind every FlatTurtle screen runs TurtleOS, our custom Debian-based OS. Here’s how it boots, updates, monitors itself, and quietly doubles as a secure jumpbox into client networks.
13 May 2026
Managing a few signage screens is easy. Managing hundreds across many buildings needs visibility and structure. A look at turtle version and TurtleOps, the two tools we built to keep our distributed fleet healthy.
11 May 2026
Brighter screens for riders, cleaner plumbing for us. A round-up of recent MyTurtle work: TEC added, real-time data for STIB-MIVB and De Lijn, S-train colours, a HERE-based map, friendlier empty states, and a single proxy in front of it all.
6 May 2026
A short update on our meeting room displays: a new layout and automatic light and dark mode, now live across every room.
4 May 2026
Real-time public transport on a lobby screen looks simple, but keeping it accurate across NMBS, MIVB, De Lijn and TEC takes an automated GTFS pipeline. Here’s why that work matters for tenants and for buildings that want to feel part of the city.
27 April 2026
We freed roughly 94 GiB on gtfs.flatturtle.cloud by removing byte-identical daily GTFS zips. No history was lost, and the dates in filenames are now more meaningful than before.
