New format this week. No pub, just a straight chat with Milo Srdic from Mutexer.

Milo spent 10 years in industrial automation, starting at Omron building IoT technology for factories. The technology never quite fit the industry, so he built Mutexer to solve the problem differently.

Mutexer separates hardware from software. Traditional players like Siemens and Rockwell lock customers into their hardware. Mutexer lets manufacturers choose their hardware while running mission-critical software on top.

From there, we get into why manufacturing often runs 15 to 20 years behind other industries. Machinery lasts decades, downtime costs real money, and change happens slowly for good reason.

That same caution shapes how manufacturers approach AI. We talk about the risks of loose prompting, why isolated deployments matter in regulated environments, and what happens when getting it wrong isn't an option.

When you can't afford to be wrong, predictability wins over speed.

If you build technology for industries that can't move fast, this one's for you.

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