Presence Lights That Don't Fight You
The seven-automation system that stops mmWave presence lights arguing with the wall switch: on when you walk in, off when you say off, and no flip-backs.
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How I run mine.
Write-ups of things running in my house right now. Some are build logs, some are guides for making your own version. More coming as I get around to writing them up.
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The Boring Automations That Pay for the Whole Setup
The unglamorous automations that keep a house safe: a freezer temperature guard, a gas fireplace safety cutoff, leak alerts, and a nightly lock-and-check.
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How to Build a Local Alcohol Assistant Integration for Home Assistant
How to build a Home Assistant custom integration that reads local Grocy bar stock, plans cocktails with substitutions, records pours, and powers a Lovelace drink menu.
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Build Local AI Skills to Load Grocy From Photos
How to build Codex skills that read bottle, grocery, receipt, and meal photos and safely update a local Grocy inventory, with optional Home Assistant refreshes.
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How to Build a Local Meal Assistant Integration for Home Assistant
Build a Home Assistant custom integration that reads Grocy stock, plans meals with controlled substitutions, and safely deducts the ingredients you cook.
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A Weather-Based Migraine Early-Warning System in Home Assistant
A Home Assistant migraine risk score built from my own weather station - pressure swings, humidity, UV and air quality - that warns us before one hits.
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Echo Show 8 to Home Assistant: The Short Version
I wiped Amazon off a first-gen Echo Show 8, put LineageOS on it, and turned it into a Home Assistant dashboard with local voice - and where it falls short.
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The full build for turning a first-gen Echo Show 8 into a Home Assistant smart display: reflash, LineageOS, VACA and View Assist, and hybrid local voice.
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