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The $100K Paperweight That Became a $12K Consulting Win
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They spent $100,000 building it.
The hardware worked.
The code was clean.
Everything checked out.
And then it failed.
Not in the lab.
In the real world.
The Moment It Broke
Picture this.
A physical rehab clinic.
A construction worker is being evaluated to see if he’s ready to return to work. He’s lifting weighted boxes, stepping across platforms, being timed and measured.
High stakes.
The system?
Custom-built hardware. Software tracking everything.
On paper, it was impressive.
In reality, it was a mess.
The doctor had to stop and click through menus…
The skinny
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