<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Waev Blog</title><description>News, updates, and the thinking behind Waev — mesh network intelligence for MeshCore operators.</description><link>https://blog.waev.app/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>When the Grid Goes Down</title><link>https://blog.waev.app/blog/when-the-grid-goes-down/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.waev.app/blog/when-the-grid-goes-down/</guid><description>How to use Waev to know your mesh network&apos;s real health before an emergency, and to read it during one — because resilience is verified in advance, not hoped for.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>resilience</category><category>operations</category></item><item><title>Reading the Signal</title><link>https://blog.waev.app/blog/reading-the-signal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.waev.app/blog/reading-the-signal/</guid><description>A guide to SNR, hop count, and path quality for MeshCore operators — what the numbers in Live Packets and Network Stats mean, and how to tell a healthy link from a marginal one.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>deep-dive</category><category>signal</category></item><item><title>Bring Your Own Broker</title><link>https://blog.waev.app/blog/bring-your-own-broker/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.waev.app/blog/bring-your-own-broker/</guid><description>Waev operates on a bring-your-own-broker model: you host the MQTT broker, you own the data, and Waev subscribes with read-only credentials — a deliberate inversion of the usual SaaS data-grab.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>data-ownership</category><category>how-it-works</category></item><item><title>What We Choose Not to Know</title><link>https://blog.waev.app/blog/what-we-choose-not-to-know/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.waev.app/blog/what-we-choose-not-to-know/</guid><description>Waev&apos;s privacy model is built on data minimization — three deliberate refusals at the ingest edge that determine what never enters the database, before any other processing happens.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>privacy</category><category>deep-dive</category></item><item><title>Your Mesh on Field Day</title><link>https://blog.waev.app/blog/your-mesh-on-field-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.waev.app/blog/your-mesh-on-field-day/</guid><description>ARRL Field Day is the year&apos;s biggest off-grid operating event — and for mesh operators, a rare window to watch your network absorb a genuine surge of temporary stations in real time.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>field-notes</category><category>community</category></item><item><title>The Opinionated Mesh Analyzer</title><link>https://blog.waev.app/blog/the-opinionated-mesh-analyzer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.waev.app/blog/the-opinionated-mesh-analyzer/</guid><description>Waev is a real-time analytics platform for MeshCore mesh radio networks. Privacy by default, evidence-based topology, and a data ownership model that keeps your community&apos;s data where it belongs — with you.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>philosophy</category><category>privacy</category></item><item><title>From Radio to Map</title><link>https://blog.waev.app/blog/how-waev-reads-your-mesh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.waev.app/blog/how-waev-reads-your-mesh/</guid><description>The pipeline from a radio broadcast to a verified edge on Waev&apos;s Live Map — how enrolled observers, your MQTT broker, and the ingest edge work together.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>deep-dive</category><category>how-it-works</category></item><item><title>Where Your Network Ends</title><link>https://blog.waev.app/blog/where-to-put-your-next-repeater/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.waev.app/blog/where-to-put-your-next-repeater/</guid><description>A practical playbook for using Waev&apos;s Live Map, Network Stats, and packet data to locate mesh coverage gaps and decide where the next repeater belongs.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>playbook</category><category>operations</category></item></channel></rss>