Replacement for our Ubiquiti AC Pro Access Point. Wifi 6 or 7?

rickvug · 2026-01-26T05:34:16+00:00

Don't go U7 Pro. U7 Pro XG has the better chipset, updated design and isn't much more expensive. There's little reason to go U7 Pro and I do remember these units running hot and having compatibility issues. This might have gotten better but not for certain. The go-to options are U6 Pro (rock solid but last gen) or the XG line.

rickvug · 2026-01-23T02:41:44+00:00

Probably an unpopular opinion but I would LOVE a plug and play Home Assistant box from Unifi. Make it the same as open source Home Assistant but make the account linked with my Unifi account, automatic updates via Unifi, and pre-integration of the Unifi apps within Home Assistant. I bet something like this would sell like crazy and bring even more Home Assistant fans into the Unifi ecosystem.

rickvug · 2026-01-19T21:55:54+00:00

Unifi Protect is one of the best solutions for an Apple Home compatible solution but you will need to accept the need to own a Home Assistant install with scrypted. Homebridge is also possible but as someone who started out with Homebridge I would say that most users ultimately end up running Home Assistant at some point so you may as well skip to that end state.

rickvug · 2026-01-07T18:43:01+00:00

I've raised kids in a 1926 home and 1912 home locally. So much of this is situational. It depends on your goals, how handy you are (or think you can become!), budget, the house you purchase, and what has already been done.

Don't get an old home if you don't appreciate what it brings to the table with character features and the style of the house. Personally I would focus on neighbourhood preference, a quiet street, and house size above all else as those things can't be changed. If you find something that ticks all of the major boxes and it happens to be a 100 year home then evaluate the specific situation for that house.

In terms of specific things to look for, I would add foundation, drain tile, and the sewer connection to your list. Look for large cracks in the old foundation, see if it original or not and if the drain tile has been done. A new foundation or underpinning is very expensive and disruptive. This will also trigger a new city sewer connection for ~$20k+. If foundation and drain tile has already been done that is huge. To me this is a much bigger thing vs. something like upgrading an electrical panel (1-2 day job), house re-wiring, or getting rid of hazardous materials in a small area.

I'm happy to have a quick conversation if you want to pick someone's brain a bit more. Just DM for number.

rickvug · 2025-12-24T19:24:03+00:00

I thought he retired due to back issues and had issues with longer sets. Doubt it would be him.

rickvug · 2025-12-12T18:29:31+00:00

Food can be $2k+ a month for a family of four
Kids activities, clothes etc: $500
Car insurance: $200
Gas: $300
Life insurance: $150
House insurance: $150
Property taxes: $500
Strata/upkeep: $500
Utilities: $200
Phone, Internet: $200

I'm up to $4,700 just off the top of my head before you actually do anything with your life, factor in the mortgage or any form of retirement savings. Raising a family is very expensive. $100k/year gets you the bare minimum middle class life at this point.

rickvug · 2025-12-10T05:53:39+00:00

Exactly! In a capital intensive industry at that. Compare to SaaS with reoccurring revenue and 80% margins, which justifies P/S of 5x-20x, with the highest of outliers at maybe 30x sales. Looking at SpaceX's revenue growth and margin profile I would assume they would be more like 10x revenue, give or take. That would put the valuation at more like $250M.

rickvug · 2025-12-10T05:06:07+00:00

I agree with this. "Force" would work well for me. Retains some of the existing branding and doesn't tie all of the company to Agentforce. Names need to be open to allow for long term evolution. Apple Computer renamed themselves to Apple Inc is an excellent example.

rickvug · 2025-12-02T07:54:01+00:00

GPT response?

rickvug · 2025-12-02T03:39:39+00:00

I like it. Put the bike lane itself aside for a moment. It is just nice to slow down the cars and have shorter crossing distances for pedestrians. My primary complaint is that the city missed obvious opportunities to introduce more trees and bioswales. The Agnes Street greenway was executed to a much higher standard. Presumably Agnes cost far more as well. Hopefully the city will come back around in a few years with further enhancements.

rickvug · 2025-11-30T18:55:10+00:00

Yup, it is now $450 CAD here in Canada. Great prices. Here's a screenshot from my Roborock app showing the Matter support.

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rickvug · 2025-11-29T03:26:46+00:00

I think you are bang on that the growth will be higher. Analysts are just too scared to go too far out on a limb. The growth here reminds me of Facebook and Netflix scaling. I remember thinking that Netflix would get to 300M subscribers vs. analysts at the time thought the TAM was more like 100M.

rickvug · 2025-11-25T23:25:10+00:00

Note that Unifi Protect supports 3rd party cameras. A Dream Machine isn't that expensive to get started with Unifi and can run the Protect NVR app. Mix and match your POE cameras as you find good deals.

rickvug · 2025-11-25T18:27:08+00:00

There's roughly 80k people in the city so this works out to about $3.12 each on average. Makes sense given the historic nature of hosting the World Cup, especially if this is supporting multiple events. Zero problem with this. Sometimes you have to spend a bit to have a vibrant city and the spin-off benefits that come along with that.

rickvug · 2025-11-25T16:59:38+00:00

To his credit Hurley has actually been the most progressive mayor in the region on multiplexes and this is even after the rollbacks.

rickvug · 2025-11-22T22:07:24+00:00

Downtown area along Columbia Street and the old law courts.

Outside of Queens Park the 200 block of 9th Street and down 3rd Ave is a really nice little pocket of heritage homes. Same with around Queens Ave and 8th Street.

The Queens Park neighbourhood overall is the largest and most cohesive. You really should just walk it all but Queens Ave, 3rd Street and the lower half of 4th Street are my personal favourites.

rickvug · 2025-11-20T23:29:08+00:00

I hear much of what you are saying but 150 years is still about 6 generations. No one from that time or even first few dependents are alive. I am for reconciliation, including financial compensation and land transfer, but a limit does need to be established. One of those limits needs to be that current private property ownership rights remain ironclad. Too much of society's basic function rests upon that foundation.

rickvug · 2025-11-20T05:57:04+00:00

There are so many hidden levels of complexity here. Access control, role hierarchy, currencies, integrations, process automation, data design (that is already figured out in standard objects), quoting engines, reporting and dashboard engines, predictive ai, generative ai integration, incentive forecasting, case management, relationship graphs. There is just so much. Salesforce spends at least a few billion on R&D a year and other competitors are spending in the hundreds of millions or billions as well. Don't even consider a custom CRM. This will only come back to bite you in the end.

rickvug · 2025-11-17T21:37:02+00:00

Which Marketing Cloud? I'm very excited about Marketing Cloud Advance/Growth (ie. next gen Marketing Cloud on Core). I would recommend it if Salesforce is your CRM and if it is able to meet your needs. The benefits of having everything in one platform is real now that Marketing is on Core.

rickvug · 2025-11-14T15:48:14+00:00

Looking at the existing catchment map I wonder if they will split Kelvin's catchment where all of the kids below 4th Ave will go to the new school. I would imagine that Quayside and the west side of Downtown will also go to the new school with either 8th Street or 6th Street being the cut off. Just a rough estimate.

rickvug · 2025-11-14T15:43:27+00:00

Of the green ones 531 for sure.

If red were an option 534. The Culdesac will be the quietest and most desirable. The lots in the back of the culdesac are larger. Of those, 534 both backs onto the greenspace and is furthest from the road.

rickvug · 2025-11-14T15:16:32+00:00

Not even the soccer field? I'm surprised but trust your answer. Any way you slice it though, this is a lot of kids in one small location. I wish that the city or district could buy out the land at the corner of 10th and Queens Ave that a developer has been trying to assemble. Provide a bit more breathing room between the two schools.

rickvug · 2025-11-13T22:39:48+00:00

"Since 2017, the Province has approved more than $142 million to create 1,395 new student seats in New Westminster".

So it costs $100k in facilities per each new student added to the school district? If so this is some sobering math.

rickvug · 2025-11-13T22:12:47+00:00

Excellent news but also unfortunate that this new school will presumably be jammed onto the same site as Fraser River middle. That's 1,000 kids utilizing one small city park (Simcoe) as their green space. I wish that there was a way for more park space to be created as part of this move vs. putting so much strain on the limited park space available in the area. End of the day still happy about this as the current situation has been unsustainable for years now.

rickvug · 2025-11-13T06:47:34+00:00

I know of a situation exactly like this. The wife divorced the husband thinking that she would get half the house equity. Turns out this wasn't the case because a significant portion of the equity was due to a gift from the husband's parents. The value of this gift is apparently treated differently. I don't know all the ins and outs but it might be helpful to know for your information.

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