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…
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,…
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…
Some days are loud and short, everyone’s head is full – and you only realize at dinner that the house was running at 180 the whole afternoon. For exactly those…
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,…
If you're anything like me, you've got drawers full of resistors, ESP32 boards, sensors, and connectors — and you never know what you actually have. My AI assistant Nova now manages my…
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…
That's exactly why I built the Smart Home Advisor – an interactive tool right here on the website that gives you an overview and personalized recommendations in just a few…
Have you ever wondered if you actually need a smart coffee mug? Recently, I received one as a gift from my colleagues, and I dove into exploring its potential. ☕…
🏠 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…