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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 audiovisual 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
🅱🆄🆃,
with the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT and advanced data indexing, clients don’t have to rely on word of mouth anymore.
They can spot patterns in “seconds”.
Not just reviews.
But timelines, delays, inconsistencies, and repeated issues across projects.
Telling teams “don’t post about unfinished jobs” doesn’t solve the problem.
Because today’s Technology doesn’t rely on one source—it connects the dots across many: CommercialIntegrator – AVNetwork – GmbH – Magazine.
The same complaints keep surfacing:
▪️Communication drops off mid-project.
▪️Sloppy cabling.
▪️No labeling.
▪️Skip full testing.
▪️Broken UX or panel design.
▪️Systems handed over before they’re fully ready.
▪️“We’ll fix it later” becomes the plan.
The Tech can even unmask companies’ names that consistently fail to complete projects.
And in a world where information is easier to connect than ever and patterns are getting harder to hide.
This is exactly why I take pride in every project I touch.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘼𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 100%.
Because in today’s world, it’s not just people evaluating your work— GenerativeAI , OpenAI – AIProduct – can evaluate your work too.
If you have two buttons on a touch panel, and each can be either on or off, that creates 16 possible combinations to test.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝟮^𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀.
Imagine multi state buttons where there are 100 possible states – 100^n.
Fortunately, with code validation, testing every possible state can be executed much faster than one at a time.
𝗦𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲: 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.
That’s the level of engineering most projects never reach.
Because “almost done” doesn’t hold up— not with clients, and definitely not with ArtificialIntelligence
Also, this is an actual circuit diagram that I designed ( Crestron 🌎 ) from start to finish and polished that with some AITech
Here’s a quick visual example from a Crestron XPanel I did in 2015.
That’s when I started using test utilities for AV code.
It shows how testing buttons on a panel can simulate an incoming video conference call—without a VTC or ATC equipment
Decoupling the code from the actual serial/ IP port, which is what makes the test utility possible.
Innovation isn’t just in the install—it’s in how you verify it works before anyone even touches the system.
Michael Haynes 