Inspirations
How I taught my garage camera to remember bin day
The problem Bin day always sneaked up on me. Miss the pickup of any of the four bins and you're stuck with overflowing waste for another two weeks — bio,…
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AI Is a Magic Box: How Two Smart-Home Builders Actually Use It
Lukas (hobbyblogging.de) and I have known each other for a while. Two builders, two smart homes, two evenings spent under similar AI rabbit holes. So when we sat down to…
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How I Set Up Frigate NVR with Face Recognition on an Intel N100 Mini PC
Those of you who follow my channel know that I already had Frigate NVR running on Proxmox until my Mini PC crashed. I had 5 Reolink cameras but no recording,…
Inspirations
AI-Powered Smart Home Architecture — How My Home Thinks for Itself
My smart home is powered by two AI pillars: an AI DevOps pipeline that builds and maintains everything — and an AI automation layer the whole family uses every day. In this post, I'll…
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Spring Awakening: Extending Smart Home to the Garden
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…
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2025 Recap: From AI Voice Bots to DIY Hardware – My Best Smart Home Upgrades
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…
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From Boring to Brilliant: The Smart IKEA FADO Upgrade with ESPHome
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…
Inspirations
Which Automations Make Our Home Really Smart
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…
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Sleep Mode with AI – Smarter Than Any Rule in Home Assistant
In this video, I show you how to manage the sleep mode in your smart home without relying on rigid or overly complicated rule sets. Traditional automations often break as…
Inspirations
How Smart Mods Make Everyday Products Better
In the video linked below, I walk you through three practical DIY modifications that turn ordinary products into smart, flexible and Home Assistant–ready devices. These upgrades are simple, affordable, and…