🏠 Local First Strategy: Taking Control Into Your Own Hands When thinking about smart homes, a Local First strategy often comes up. The goal? To handle as much as possible…
Have you ever felt that your home network setup is holding you back? For quite some time, I felt that my trusty Fritzbox was just not cutting it anymore. I…
As spring blooms, it's the perfect time to expand your smart home into the garden. Discover how integrating smart technology can enhance your outdoor space. 🌿 Smart Soil Sensors One…
My office is in the basement. For many, that sounds like a gloomy dungeon, but for me, it is the ultimate place for deep work and focus. Down here, there…
2025 was, without a doubt, one of the wildest years for my Smart Home journey so far. From teaching my house to make phone calls for me, to soldering custom…
Let's be honest: Today's smart home is often more of a "remote control" than actual intelligence. We shout commands, push buttons, or get annoyed at motion sensors that leave us…
Why settle for a boring, static light when you can have a smart home masterpiece that reacts to your touch? Today, I’m taking a generic glass sphere lamp and giving…
In my recent talk with Lukas from Hobbyblogging, we talked about our favorite automations and stumbled upon a fun challenge in my setup: the TV timer automation I use when…
In this episode, I sit down with Lukas from hobbyblogging to talk about the smart-home automations we personally rely on every single day. We walk through the routines that quietly…
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it genuinely feels like Tonies listened. Every single issue I had with the original Toniebox has been addressed — and the Toniebox 2…