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Practical guides and perspective from the Maiyn team on security, operations and the engineering behind both.

GuidesSeptember 24, 20264 min read
Camera placement for analytics: a practical guide for installers
Pixel density, mounting angle, exposure and the right view for each task. A survey checklist for getting accurate analytics from the cameras on site.
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SecuritySep 3, 2026
Designing alerts that people do not mute
Alarm fatigue is a design problem. Specific rules, the right recipient and a clip in every alert keep security notifications switched on.

SecurityAug 13, 2026
How plain-language search changes video investigations
Describing what you are looking for replaces hours of scrubbing through footage. How to write queries that work and keep the results usable as evidence.

EngineeringJul 23, 2026
Edge or cloud: where video AI should run
Bandwidth arithmetic, response time, resilience and privacy all point the same way for video analytics. A guide for IT leads sizing a deployment.

OperationsJul 7, 2026
People counting done properly: why tracked visits beat line crossings
A line-crossing counter counts crossings, and retailers read them as customers. Tracked visits measure the person and their time in the store.

OperationsJun 18, 2026
Your CCTV is a sensor network you have already paid for
The cameras, cabling and views are already in place. With a vision model reading the streams, each camera reports on security and operations all day.
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