Articles

The Hidden Complexity of Insuring Your Equipment
Insuring production equipment involves more than knowing what you own. Here's how our experience documenting gear for an inland marine insurance policy helped shape GearDock.io.

You Know Your Gear. But Would Someone Else?
You know your equipment, but could someone else identify it and understand its value? Here's how one personal concern helped shape GearDock.io and its approach to equipment inventory management.

A Better Way to Track Borrowed Equipment
Keeping track of shared equipment shouldn't depend on memory. Here's how we went from spreadsheets and guesswork to managing checkouts, reservations, and returns with GearDock.io.

Equipment Labels You Can Print at Home
When building GearDock.io, we explored RFID, NFC, and QR codes for equipment tracking. Here's why we chose a solution anyone can print at home and scan with a smartphone.

Equipment Management Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
Managing equipment shouldn't feel like a full-time job. Here's why we built GearDock.io to be a simple, approachable solution for independent creators, small businesses, and production teams.

Why We Built GearDock.io After Kit.co Shut Down
When Kit.co shut down, we saw an opportunity to rethink how we manage our gear. Here's how that led us to build GearDock.io, a new approach to equipment inventory and tracking.