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Local First vs. Cloud in Smart Homes: Which Strategy Is Right for You?
🏠 Local First Strategy: Taking Control Into Your Own Hands When thinking about smart homes, a Local First…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tech news, trends & reviews
They actually listened – Toniebox 2 fixes (nearly) everything!
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it genuinely feels like Tonies listened. Every single issue I had…
Tutorials
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…
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…