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How hardware teams lose track of their own builds, and what we're doing about it. Written by the team that got tired of finding out at integration.

  • 24 Aug 2026·8 min readProductRoadmap

    Where Prototype is, and where it goes next

    Why we built this inside a student rocketry team, what actually works today, and what the next three phases are meant to fix.

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  • 22 Aug 2026·8 min readQualificationComponent reuse

    Flight-proven is not qualified

    Four ways component reuse goes wrong, why a Qualified column can't catch any of them, and the envelope data that can.

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  • 18 Aug 2026·9 min readToolingComparison

    Why wikis and spreadsheets break for hardware teams

    An honest comparison of Confluence, Notion, and spreadsheets against a purpose-built tool, including what to leave where it is.

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  • 12 Aug 2026·9 min readConfiguration managementFailure modes

    Parameter drift: when the same number disagrees in five places

    Why hardware teams end up with five copies of one value, why discipline never fixes it, and what actually does.

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