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I bought a cheap Chinese thermostat to control an infrared heating panel in my office.

I've always wanted to write a book.

When I was a kid, my sister and I had a tower of VHS tapes we watched endlessly.

I've been writing a monthly newsletter for the past 2.5 years.

In this post, I’ll show you how I integrated Obsidian into Alfred so I can search my vault from anywhere on my Mac.

Every new year I reflect on the previous year and set new goals.

Using smart light bulbs means you can no longer use your physical wall switches because the bulbs need constant power.

Six years ago, I reworked my anagram solver so it would run on top of AWS Lambda and DynamoDB.

I recently integrated Home Assistant with Apple Reminders so that automations can create new todos.

Last year I migrated this website from Jekyll to Eleventy.

In 2019, I built an energy monitor to keep track of our electricity consumption.

Every new year I reflect on the previous year and set new goals.

I've been working on a few IoT projects recently, and while prototyping, I need a simple but flexible data store.

When using AWS IoT Core, most tutorials will tell you to include device certificates in your firmware.

When Cloudflare announced that their Tunnel service would become free, I saw an opportunity to strengthen the security of my Home Assistant instance.

Governments are pushing CO2 sensors to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but proper ventilation is equally important for our health and even our cognitive performance.In this blog post we'll look at a DIY CO2 sensor: how it runs ESPHome, how it integrates with…

My YouTube channel has been attracting a lot of spammers.

Like many others, I'm generating a lot of digital data.

I'm a big fan of ESPHome.

Here's how to run Unraid as a virtual machine under Proxmox.

Building a battery-powered IoT device?

There's nothing more annoying than a website shifting down just as you're about to click on a button or link.

Jekyll has been powering this site for many years now.

I'm a huge fan of Home Assistant to automate various things around the house.

The ESP32 camera is the cheapest microcontroller with a built-in camera that you can buy.

For the past 4 years, I have made a habit of reflecting on the previous year and set goals for the new year.

I've become increasingly reliant on Home Assistant to automate various tasks around the house.

If you have flashed your Shelly 2.5 with ESPHome, make sure to configure GPIO16.

Adblocker usage is quickly rising, with some estimates saying that almost 25% of internet users have one installed.

It's no secret that I'm a fan of Shelly products to automate various devices in my house.

The release of ESPHome v1.15 brought better support for infrared climate control.

Luftdaten (now Sensor Community) is a global sensor network that measures air quality around the world.

With the release of iOS 11, Apple switched from JPG to HEIC to store your photos.

I've been adding more and more devices to my smart home lately, so naturally, my garage door opener had to follow.

Static websites are still a hot topic.

Last year I made that video in response to a sponsorship offer that I got from various VPN providers.

Many devices in my home have become "smart" over the last couple of months, with one big exception: my trusty 3D printer.

I have a few ESP32's running in my house.

My DIY home energy monitor has been running for almost a year now.

Every year I sit down and take a look at how my YouTube channel has been doing.