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On-Device AI for Construction Safety: Why I'm Skipping the Cloud Entirely
Dev.to Machine Learning
About This Tutorial
I've been building a construction safety inspection app - GroundCheck - and from day one I made a decision that surprised a few people: no cloud AI. Every hazard detection runs on-device, offline, in under 50 MB. Here's why that wasn't just a cost call - it was an engineering call. The problem with cloud AI on a construction site Construction sites are not Silicon Valley offices. Mid-size commercial builds - the beachhead market I'm targeting - often have patchy LTE at best, and active floors can be dead zones.