Topics

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Home Assistant

45 articles

The open-source platform at the heart of my smart home. Setup, tips, integrations, and dashboards.

The Self-Healing Smart Home: How AI Keeps My House Running (So I Don’t Have To) → How I taught my garage camera to remember bin day → AI Is a Magic Box: How Two Smart-Home Builders Actually Use It → Family Stress Score — one number from six honest signals →

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ESPHome & DIY Hardware

23 articles

Build your own smart devices with ESP32, sensors, displays, and 3D printing. From idea to finished project.

2025 Recap: From AI Voice Bots to DIY Hardware – My Best Smart Home Upgrades → From Boring to Brilliant: The Smart IKEA FADO Upgrade with ESPHome → How Smart Mods Make Everyday Products Better → 10 years of smart home and what I’ve learned →

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Automations

31 articles

Creative and practical automations for everyday life. From simple rules to complex AI-driven workflows.

The Self-Healing Smart Home: How AI Keeps My House Running (So I Don’t Have To) → How I taught my garage camera to remember bin day → AI Is a Magic Box: How Two Smart-Home Builders Actually Use It → How I Set Up Frigate NVR with Face Recognition on an Intel N100 Mini PC →

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AI in Smart Home

12 articles

Generative AI, local image analysis, voice assistants, and intelligent automation with ChatGPT, Ollama & more.

How I taught my garage camera to remember bin day → AI Is a Magic Box: How Two Smart-Home Builders Actually Use It → AI-Powered Inventory System — How Nova Tracks Every Component in My Smart Home → AI-Powered Smart Home Architecture — How My Home Thinks for Itself →

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Privacy & Local Control

16 articles

Smart home without cloud dependency. Local voice assistants, privacy-friendly alternatives, and self-hosting.

How I Set Up Frigate NVR with Face Recognition on an Intel N100 Mini PC → AI-Powered Smart Home Architecture — How My Home Thinks for Itself → Local First vs. Cloud in Smart Homes: Which Strategy Is Right for You? → Smart Home 2026: Why Your Current Setup is “Stupid” (And What’s Coming Next) →

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Smart Gadgets & Wearables

4 articles

Smart glasses, Toniebox hacks, wearables, and other gadgets in the smart home context.

They actually listened – Toniebox 2 fixes (nearly) everything! → How Smart Mods Make Everyday Products Better → Power-over-Skin: The Future of Wearable Technology Power? → Toniebox Innovation: Connecting to Headphones via Bluetooth →

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Network & Infrastructure

1 articles

UniFi, VLANs, home servers, and the foundation for a stable smart home network.

Upgrade Your Home Network with UniFi: A Personal Experience →

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n8n & Workflow Automation

6 articles

Take your smart home to the next level with n8n. Workflows, Telegram bots, and API integrations.

The Self-Healing Smart Home: How AI Keeps My House Running (So I Don’t Have To) → How I taught my garage camera to remember bin day → AI Is a Magic Box: How Two Smart-Home Builders Actually Use It → Which Automations Make Our Home Really Smart →