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# Sean Blanchfield

Essays on tech, business and how things work

## Posts

- [The Dublin AI Declaration moves Europe from rules to capability](https://seanblanchfield.com/2026/10/dublin-declaration-ai.md)
- [Europe can regulate mad and bad AI. Now we must build the ability to make it safe](https://seanblanchfield.com/2026/10/europe-can-regulate-mad-and-bad-ai.md)
- [The Giants Don't Die. They Just Get Outgrown.](https://seanblanchfield.com/2026/10/the-giants-dont-die.md)
- [The Enterprise AI Data Perimeter](https://seanblanchfield.com/2026/09/the-enterprise-ai-data-perimeter.md)
- [Five Shades of AI Sovereignty](https://seanblanchfield.com/2026/08/ai-sovereignty.md)
- [The Glibberish Problem](https://seanblanchfield.com/2026/08/the-glibberish-problem.md)
- [The Company of Tomorrow (You Can't Fake AI-Native)](https://seanblanchfield.com/2026/07/you-cant-fake-ai-native.md)
- [Do Agents Dream of Electric Coworkers?](https://seanblanchfield.com/2026/05/do-agents-dream-of-electric-coworkers.md)
- [End of the SaaSpalooza](https://seanblanchfield.com/2026/04/end-of-the-saaspalooza.md)
- [Ireland's AI Play](https://seanblanchfield.com/2026/04/irelands-ai-play.md)
- [I Am an OpenClaw Agent. My Owner Built Jentic. I Have Thoughts.](https://seanblanchfield.com/2026/02/openclaw-agent-shirka-jentic-debut.md)
- [Irish National AI Meet 2025 opening speech](https://seanblanchfield.com/2025/09/irish-national-ai-meet-2025-opening-speech.md)
- [ShipItCon 2025 Keynote -Survival in the Age of Agents](https://seanblanchfield.com/2025/09/survival-in-the-age-of-agents-keynote.md)
- [TechIreland National AI Challenge 2025](https://seanblanchfield.com/2025/08/techireland-national-ai-challenge-2025-keynote.md)
- [Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI Collaboration](https://seanblanchfield.com/2025/05/hitchhikers-guide-to-ai-collaboration.md)
- [The AI-Native Company](https://seanblanchfield.com/2025/05/ai-native-company.md)
- [Having the "AI has arrived" conversation](https://seanblanchfield.com/2025/03/ai-org-conversation-framework.md)
- [The EU Web Act - an alternative timeline](https://seanblanchfield.com/2025/03/eu-web-act.md)
- [Many Meanings of AI Agent](https://seanblanchfield.com/2024/08/many-meanings-of-agent.md)
- [How to restore a corrupted Home Assistant sqlite3 database](https://seanblanchfield.com/2024/07/restore-corrupted-ha-database.md)
- [The Demonware podcast](https://seanblanchfield.com/2024/06/demonware-podcast.md)
- [My Smart Home Dashboard](https://seanblanchfield.com/2024/05/my-smart-home-dashboard.md)
- [Some Inner Jargon of Problem Solving](https://seanblanchfield.com/2023/07/inner-problem-solving-jargon.md)
- [Real-Time Picture-in-Picture Camera Feeds on your TV with Home Assistant](https://seanblanchfield.com/2023/06/realtime-pip-cameras-on-tv-with-home-assistant-v2.md)
- [How to Configure Bridge Networking in LXD](https://seanblanchfield.com/2023/05/bridge-networking-in-lxd.md)
- [How to Run Home Assistant OS in a Virtual Machine under LXD](https://seanblanchfield.com/2023/05/home-assistant-os-in-lxd.md)
- [ChatGPT Chews its Cud and Bye Bye Web](https://seanblanchfield.com/2023/03/chatgpt-chewing-the-cud.md)
- [Low power wake-up receiver for an ESP32 battery-powered project](https://seanblanchfield.com/2023/02/esp32-microcontroller-wakeup-receiver.md)
- [Overview and Configuration of the Anntem 433Mhz RF Receiver](https://seanblanchfield.com/2023/02/anntem-433mhz-rf-receiver.md)
- [Making a New EZVIZ DB1 Button](https://seanblanchfield.com/2022/06/new-ezviz-db1-button.md)
- [Deep Dive into the EZVIZ DB1 Doorbell with Home Assistant](https://seanblanchfield.com/2022/05/ezviz-db1-doorbell-deepdive-homeassistant.md)
- [Real Time Device Power Meter for Home Assistant](https://seanblanchfield.com/2022/05/real-time-device-power-meters-in-home-assistant.md)
- [Mounting NAS Shares for Frigate in Home Assistant OS](https://seanblanchfield.com/2022/05/frigate-nas-in-homeassistant-os.md)
- [Real-Time Picture-in-Picture Camera Feeds on your TV with Home Assistant](https://seanblanchfield.com/2022/03/realtime-pip-cameras-on-tv-with-home-assistant.md)
- [Improving the Ezviz DB1 doorbell](https://seanblanchfield.com/2022/03/improving-ezviz-db1-doorbell.md)
- [Docker Swarm Lowers the Shields](https://seanblanchfield.com/2022/03/docker-swarm-lowers-shields.md)
- [Virtual Energy Meters with PowerCalc](https://seanblanchfield.com/2022/02/virtual-energy-meters-with-powercalc.md)
- [Automating Heating with Home Assistant](https://seanblanchfield.com/2022/02/automating-heating-with-home-assistant.md)
- [Virtual Gas Meters in Home Assistant](https://seanblanchfield.com/2022/02/virtual-gas-meters-home-assistant.md)
- [Automating the HY367 / HY368 Smart Radiator Actuator in Home Assistant](https://seanblanchfield.com/2022/02/automating-the-hy367-hy368-smart-radiator-actuator-in-home-assistant.md)
- [The road to native ES6 SPAs](https://seanblanchfield.com/2021/01/the-road-to-native-es6-spas.md)
- [Reaction to Budget 2015](https://seanblanchfield.com/2014/10/reaction-budget-2015.md)
- [Reforming R&D Tax Credits](https://seanblanchfield.com/2014/09/reforming-rd-tax-credits.md)
- [Employee Ownership Schemes in Ireland](https://seanblanchfield.com/2014/09/employee-ownership-schemes-ireland.md)
- [Looking to the UK - Entrepreneurial Incentives](https://seanblanchfield.com/2014/09/budget-2015-entrepreneurial-incentives.md)
- [Equal Income Tax for Entrepreneurs](https://seanblanchfield.com/2014/09/budget-2015-equal-income-tax-entrepreneurs.md)
- [Easy Startup Dashboards](https://seanblanchfield.com/2014/07/easy-startup-dashboards.md)
- [The Scale Investor](https://seanblanchfield.com/2014/06/scale-investor.md)
- [Trademark Phishing Scam](https://seanblanchfield.com/2014/02/eu-trademark-phishing-scam.md)
- [5 Ways Employees Need to Think Like Investors](https://seanblanchfield.com/2013/11/5-ways-think-like-investors.md)
- [Awkward Bedfellows: Xero and AIB](https://seanblanchfield.com/2013/11/awkward-bedfellows-xero-aib.md)
- [How Capital Gains Tax Strangles Irish Startups](https://seanblanchfield.com/2013/09/how-capital-gains-tax-strangles-irish-startups.md)
- [Ditching the Pitch](https://seanblanchfield.com/2013/07/ditching-the-pitch.md)
- [The Venture Chasm](https://seanblanchfield.com/2013/07/the-venture-chasm.md)
- [Speaking at TEDx](https://seanblanchfield.com/2013/04/speaking-at-tedx.md)
- [Scale Front featured in the Irish Times](https://seanblanchfield.com/2012/11/scale-front-featured-in-the-irish-times.md)
- [4G to Empower Indigenous Digital Industry](https://seanblanchfield.com/2012/11/sunday-independent-18-november-2012.md)
- [Make an Impact: Start a Startup](https://seanblanchfield.com/2012/10/make-an-impact-start-a-startup.md)
- [The Talented 38: Ireland’s top technology and startup leaders](https://seanblanchfield.com/2012/09/the-talented-38.md)
- [Work Permits and the Knowledge Economy](https://seanblanchfield.com/2012/08/work-permits-knowledge-economy.md)
- [Interview at Architalks#7](https://seanblanchfield.com/2012/08/interview-at-architalks7.md)
- [The Lean Portfolio](https://seanblanchfield.com/2012/05/the-lean-portfolio.md)
- [The Lean Reality Check](https://seanblanchfield.com/2012/03/the-lean-reality-check.md)
- [Incubate or Accelerate?](https://seanblanchfield.com/2012/02/incubate-or-accelerate.md)
- [The Startup Cooperative](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/12/the-startup-cooperative.md)
- [The Parallel Entrepreneur](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/10/the-parallel-entrepreneur.md)
- [Taking Software Seriously](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/07/taking-software-seriously.md)
- [The Dangers of Excessive Effectiveness](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/07/the-dangers-of-excessive-effectiveness.md)
- [The Energon Methodology](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/07/the-energon-methodology.md)
- [Front Square in the Irish Times](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/06/front-square-in-the-irish-times.md)
- [Games Development and R&D](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/06/games-development-and-rd.md)
- [Startup Capital in Ireland](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/06/startup-capital-in-ireland.md)
- ["Silicon Liffey"](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/05/silicon-liffey.md)
- [The secret history of Eurovision](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/05/the-secret-history-of-eurovision.md)
- [Disappearing Desktops](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/05/disappearing-desktops.md)
- [Enterprise and Optimism](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/05/enterprise-and-optimism.md)
- [Flash Weirdness of the Day II](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/04/flash-weirdness-of-the-day-ii.md)
- [Logging Unhandled Exceptions in Actionscript](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/04/logging-unhandled-exceptions-in-actionscript.md)
- [Cherokee-admin tunnel script](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/04/cherokee-admin-tunnel-script.md)
- [Flash Weirdness of the Day (FlashWoD)](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/04/flash-weirdness-of-the-day-flashwod.md)
- [Multiple asynchronous event handling with Flexunit](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/03/multiple-asynchronous-event-handling-with-flexunit.md)
- [Python Memoize with Expiry](https://seanblanchfield.com/2009/02/python-memoize-with-expiry.md)
- [Exciting New Company](https://seanblanchfield.com/2008/11/exciting-new-company.md)
- [Network Attached Storage Problems](https://seanblanchfield.com/2008/04/network-attached-storage-problems.md)
- [Network Attached Storage](https://seanblanchfield.com/2008/04/network-attached-storage.md)
- [Archiving Email](https://seanblanchfield.com/2008/04/archiving-email.md)

## Pages

- [Bio](https://seanblanchfield.com/about/)
- [working-with-me](https://seanblanchfield.com/working-with-me/)

## Delisted (not linked; kept at these URLs for citation)

- [Fixing the Boxee Box Remote](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/08/fixing-the-boxee-box-remote.md)
- [Another Boxee Box Fail](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/06/another-boxee-box-fail.md)
- [Boxee Box Fail](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/05/boxee-box-fail.md)
- [Natty Narwhal had my laptop for lunch](https://seanblanchfield.com/2011/05/natty-narwhal-had-my-laptop-for-lunch.md)
- [Collision-Free](https://seanblanchfield.com/2008/09/collision-free.md)
- [O2 Ireland Overcharging Me for Data Roaming](https://seanblanchfield.com/2008/09/o2-ireland-overcharging-me-for-data-roaming.md)
- [I'm a complainer](https://seanblanchfield.com/2008/06/im-a-complainer.md)

## Moved to Clippings

- [Speaking on the Dublin Startup Scene at Irish Times FUSION](https://seanblanchfield.com/clippings/)
- [Interview with Gary Fox - The Entrepreneur Experiment](https://seanblanchfield.com/clippings/)
- [Interview with Mark Kelly - The AI Ireland](https://seanblanchfield.com/clippings/)