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Insights on Healthcare IT, Life Science, Med Tech & Software Architecture.

AI Native Development: A Single Source of Truth Operating Model
AI Native Development is how Cologne Lab IT builds software as one connected, learning system — SSOT-centric, Copilot-driven, fully traceable, and local-first.
Content as Code: How We Publish from Git to the Web
A look at how Cologne Lab IT publishes articles directly from Markdown in Git — with automated deployment, social metadata, and LinkedIn distribution.
Battery Management — Let the Hardware Identify Itself
Batteries rotate between aircraft constantly. Instead of barcode scanners and warehouse systems, we let the drone's telemetry stream handle battery tracking automatically.
Monitoring — Observing a Distributed Drone Fleet
How we split monitoring into two services with different responsibilities — and why automatic flight detection became the most valuable feature we didn't plan.
Device Identity — PKI for a Drone Fleet
How to give every drone, laptop, and field terminal a cryptographic identity — without an IT department on-site. Automated certificate provisioning, mesh VPN architecture, and self-service tooling for field operators.
Telemetry — From Flight Controller to Dashboard
Tracing a single data point from the drone's flight controller through a VPN, into a log pipeline, and onto a live dashboard. The architecture of an edge-to-cloud telemetry system built on UDP syslog and structured ingestion.