Snow Wood Tech

Myth: "We'll use the same system for boardroom AV and building security cameras." Reality: This is how you end up with neither working when you need them. AV systems are all about **bandwidth and real-time response** (video switching at 60fps, audio sync). Security camera systems need **24/7 reliability and distributed storage** (constant recording, failover paths). Putting them on the same network means: - AV spikes kill camera feeds (you're recording nothing when the boardroom is presenting) - Security events slow down presentations - One vulnerability compromises both systems - Troubleshooting becomes a nightmare (AV tech vs IT vs security arguing about whose system is broken) The right approach: - Separate networks (AV on dedicated circuit, security on isolated VLAN) - Dedicated PoE switches for each (AV gets priority power, security gets 24/7 backup) - Independent storage (local NVR for security, separate for AV) - One person manages both, but systems are architecturally isolated Cost: Maybe 15% more infrastructure upfront. Result: Both systems actually work when you need them. Have you seen this integration mistake cause problems?

@LauraLunaTech Awesome. Keep me in the loop!

@SnowWoodTech Got asked this quite a lot, probably am going to make a more structured and detailed post about my strategy tomorrow

4 days ago I had 0 followers. Yesterday I gained 218 in a single day. I genuinely underestimated how powerful X is for tech networking. 🤯 The best part so far has been meeting smart people building cool things. What are you working on right now? 👇

Enterprise AV Switches available now from @Ubiquiti store.ui.com/us/en/category…

@MactelecomN Exciting watching this stream with you Cody!

New Industrial Ubiquiti switches as well

BREAKING NEWS: @Ubiquiti ECS Core coming soon.

BREAKING NEWS: @Ubiquiti U7 Industrial Access point is coming soon! This is crazy with RF reflectors that control the beamwidth at a hardware level.

@amazonnews Cool. Another device with a monthly subscription and subsidized by selling your information and uploading your footage to a corporate cloud.

@YesTechie They just keep upping the game!

Very excited for the new UniFi Talk application and its deeper UniFi Protect/Access integration.

@elonmusk @nottombrown Always been a fan of Elon. Always been a fan of Anthropic. Stoked to see you guys join forces!

Same here. By way of background for those who care, I spent a lot of time last week with senior members of the Anthropic team to understand what they do to ensure Claude is good for humanity and was impressed. Everyone I met was highly competent and cared a great deal about doing the right thing. No one set off my evil detector. So long as they engage in critical self-examination, Claude will probably be good. After that, I was ok leasing Colossus 1 to Anthropic, as SpaceXAI had already moved training to Colossus 2.

In the next few days we'll be ramping up Claude inference on Colossus. Grateful to be partnering with SpaceX here. We are going to need to move a lot of atoms in order to keep up with AI demand, and there's nobody better at quickly moving atoms (on or off planet Earth)

@EverySmartHome Any prebuilt esphome devices you like using that has cc1101 built in? Would love to build one for an RF project in salvaging an old ceiling fan control.

Home Assistant 2026.5 lands today - including two new Proxy types, automation editor additions, loads of UI improvements and new dashboards! youtu.be/9QnRWv-EXoY

I’ll take 2.

@BogdanChepurny Any ideas as to what features they might be adding in the future like they said at the end of the video?

Yes! Needed that multi-line support! Great new interface. Hoping for some kind of PA system in the future. Not just to page other phones but AI Horn, etc.

The fact that you can now use the phones as a door access control point gets a big two thumbs up from me. I love the fact that @Ubiquiti never stops innovating and refining! Can't wait to install some of these for my clients.

Myth: "We'll use the same system for boardroom AV and building security cameras." Reality: This is how you end up with neither working when you need them. AV systems are all about **bandwidth and real-time response** (video switching at 60fps, audio sync). Security camera systems need **24/7 reliability and distributed storage** (constant recording, failover paths). Putting them on the same network means: - AV spikes kill camera feeds (you're recording nothing when the boardroom is presenting) - Security events slow down presentations - One vulnerability compromises both systems - Troubleshooting becomes a nightmare (AV tech vs IT vs security arguing about whose system is broken) The right approach: - Separate networks (AV on dedicated circuit, security on isolated VLAN) - Dedicated PoE switches for each (AV gets priority power, security gets 24/7 backup) - Independent storage (local NVR for security, separate for AV) - One person manages both, but systems are architecturally isolated Cost: Maybe 15% more infrastructure upfront. Result: Both systems actually work when you need them. Have you seen this integration mistake cause problems?

You can have the best cameras money can buy and still get useless footage. Most common mistake: Mounting cameras where people want them to look, not where they need to see. Bad placement examples we see constantly: - Entry point camera mounted 12 feet up (faces look like blurs) - Wide-angle camera pointed at a 200-foot parking lot (fine detail impossible) - Backlit camera (sunset behind the subject = silhouette) - Storage closet camera with zero context of approach The right approach: 1. Cameras should capture faces at human scale (8-12 feet away, eye level) 2. Depth of field matters—far-focus = worthless detail 3. Lighting design is 60% of the image quality 4. Mount slightly off-axis for better angles Spend an hour on placement. Get footage that's actually useful for evidence. The $500 camera in the wrong spot is worth less than the $200 camera in the right spot. What would make your current security setup actually useful?

PNW rain fact: Cable jackets degrade 40% faster in wet environments. You're running Cat6A through outdoor conduit in Seattle. Looks protected. But water doesn't need to flood the conduit. It wicks up the cable jacket over months, causing: - Moisture in the twist - Corrosion on connectors (even terminated ones) - Slow performance degradation (looks fine, then doesn't) The fix nobody does: 1. Terminate cables INSIDE the building (not in the junction box) 2. Use conduit sealant at entry/exit points (not just the conduit itself) 3. Drain conduit runs (pitch all outdoor runs toward a drain point) 4. Plan for cable replacement in 5 years (not 10) in wet climates Cost difference: $200-300 extra in materials. Saved headaches: $8,000+ when you're not replacing cable at year 7. What's your strategy for outdoor runs in this weather?

Speakers by @Ubiquiti were not on my radar today, but here we are. Crazy! Seems like they want to have a full circle solution with their amps. What do you think? store.ui.com/us/en/category…

@SMB_Attorney This is wild.

This is the greatest interview in the history of television. This man, Ryan Cohen, is worth an estimated $5.1 billion dollars. He’s the founder of Chewy, the e-commerce pet food brand, and current CEO of GameStop. You can just do things, guys!