2013

Smart City Breakthrough TLTR: Landed first big project: Smart City contract for networking traffic lights. Delivered full system: hardware, routing, connectivity for real-time research. Proved lean works: no team/factory, just ideas and execution. Mental win after reboot. Long-Version: Just a year after rebooting from scratch in Bavaria, Airberry hit gold. We snagged our first major project: a Smart City contract won through a public tender. The mission was bold. Network every traffic light in the city to enable real-time traffic flow research. We handled it all. Hardware. Routing. Connectivity. From concept to rollout, we built a system that turned urban chaos into data-driven order. At 27, this win felt massive. I was still solo, no factory roaring in the background, no team of dozens. Just me, sharp ideas, and flawless execution. The project proved something vital. You don't need scale to succeed. Control and precision can outpunch bloat any day. We wired those lights, created mesh networks that talked seamlessly, and delivered insights that smoothed city streets. Technical triumph? Absolutely. But mentally, it was bigger. After the Saxnet shutdown, doubts lingered. This contract silenced them. I could start small, stay lean, and still land big fish. Airberry's reboot was paying off. Lean meant agile. Focused meant effective. No more crushing debt or oversized ambitions. Just building tech that worked, for clients who needed it. The goth rebel in me thrived on this edge. Raw creation, no frills. It echoed my early days, hacking networks with nothing but curiosity. Now, it was about smart cities, real impact. That year solidified my path. Small by choice, strong by design. Want to dive into the Smart City tech details or how we won the tender?