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What my smart home got done while I was away
It has been quiet here for three months. First a holiday, then other things got in the way. My smart home kept working during that time. That is exactly what…
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Put any percentage in your house on your iPhone lock screen
A few days ago I put my 3D printer’s progress on my iPhone lock screen. Then it showed up on my watch. And then, without me changing anything, it appeared…
Inspirations
The Self-Healing Smart Home: How AI Keeps My House Running (So I Don’t Have To)
Here's the dirty secret nobody selling you smart home stuff will admit: a smart home slowly falls apart. Not in a dramatic way. Quietly. A battery dies in a door…
Inspirations
How I taught my garage camera to remember bin day
Update, September 2026. I rebuilt this twice since publishing. The calibrated bounding boxes in Step 2 are no longer what runs in my garage — they failed in a way…
Inspirations
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…
Tutorials
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…
Inspirations
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…
Inspirations
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…
Tutorials
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…