Inspirations
Upgrade Your Home Network with UniFi: A Personal Experience
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…
#Smart Home
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
Door Closed, World Off? Staying Connected in a Basement Home Office
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…
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…
Inspirations
Smart Home 2026: Why Your Current Setup is “Stupid” (And What’s Coming Next)
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…
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…
Tutorials
Smarter TV Timer Automation: Using AI to Detect Kids Content in Home Assistant
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…
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…
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…
Inspirations
I Tried Scheduling My Haircut With AI – Here’s How It Went
In this video I explore how an AI scheduling assistant can completely streamline your daily life. Instead of making calls yourself, the AI contacts people and businesses on your behalf…