Kiril Peyanski Blog

For months, Hermes Agent has helped me research ideas, work on scripts, plan slides, check PDFs, prepare articles, and draft emails.

Home Assistant voice satellite is not normally the first thing I think about when I look at a Chrome tab.

A Home Assistant system monitor can show plenty of numbers while still leaving the useful question unanswered: should I care right now?

Home Assistant advanced mode is going away, and I think that is a good thing.

Twenty years is a long time to spend in one kind of work.

I have an old Android phone in a drawer that would make a decent Home Assistant voice satellite.

I have several Home Assistant installations bookmarked, which sounds organized until I need to open one that is not on the list.

Last Christmas I spent three and a half hours live on YouTube trying to put an AI model inside Home Assistant on one mini computer.

ha-mcp is the part that made this whole Codex and Home Assistant experiment feel different.

Home Assistant Prime Day 2026 deals can be amazing.

Prime Day 2026 smart home deals can be great, but only if the gadget still makes sense after the red discount badge disappears.

SwitchBot Lock Vision Pro is the kind of smart lock that sounds slightly fake when you describe it too quickly.

The new Home Assistant dashboard card picker fixes a problem that sounds small until you watch a beginner build their first dashboard.