Category: Smart Home

  • Personal Tech/Self-hosted wins.

    A few weeks ago I worked with Claude.ai to generate some journaling prompts that were unique to me and my goals. It’s made for some great journaling this month so far. Today’s prompt and response is one worth sharing as I think it’s something a lot of folks like me would benefit from thinking about…

  • Aqara Hub and Home Assistant

    Aqara Hub and Home Assistant

    The Aqara sensors and such have been super reliable in my HomeKit environment, highly recommend. But, as I’m currently trying to solve what should be a simple use case, I’m getting into the weeds of Home Assistant. I’ve spent a grand total of about 4 hours in Home Assistant so far and I’m sure it…

  • Re-listening

    The shift to hosting a personal Navidrome server has shifted my listening habits, fostering more repeated listening contrasted with Apple Music’s constant novelty aspect.