How AI and a $6 Part Saved Me $800

It all started this spring with an uncooperative chlorinator. Despite the unit humming along as usual, the chlorine levels in the pool were plummeting and the water began to turn cloudy. With summer just around the corner, I wanted a blue-water pool not a green-water pond. A quick look at the control panel showed the unit was trying to work, but the salt readings were way off and the green lights were cycling on and off.

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Building Accessible, Compliant Documents—Securely On-Premise with the CastleGuard Word Plugin

Across the Government of Canada, accessibility and compliance are not optional—they’re essential.

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Why Your Translations Deserve Better Than an LLM: The CastleGuard Difference

In an era where large language models (LLMs) can code, chat, and even reason like humans, it’s easy to assume they can handle everything — including translations. But when it comes to official bilingual workflows, like those used across the Government of Canada, the difference between using a general-purpose LLM and a dedicated translation model isn’t subtle.

https://nextria.ca/blog/why-yo....ur-translations-dese

The Problem with Cloud Based AI Services

One of the primary concerns with using external AI services is data security risk. If sensitive corporate data enters the cloud, it can be difficult or impossible to retrieve. You can try to tighten controls, but it can feel a bit like closing the barn door after the horse is gone. Once corporate intellectual property is “in the wild” the consequences can be severe.

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Empowering Inclusion Through AI: How CastleGuard Sets the Benchmark for Accessible Government Technology

This idea resonates profoundly with the Government of Canada’s commitment to a barrier-free, inclusive society, as reflected in the Accessible Canada Act and the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

https://nextria.ca/blog/inclusive-ai