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Fire safety with Home Assistant, or how I made my iron a Smart Iron®
Gadgets
Home Assistant
Apr 2026
Last weekend, I got to thinking about fire safety and Home Assistant. I’m always anxious about not leaving the iron…
sublimate 0.01
Code
Feb 2026
A Mac OS X app for managing and optimizing credit card rewards. (This project is an attempt to learn Swift…
hass-take-turns 0.01
Code
Home Assistant
Feb 2026
A Home Assistant integration that manages rotating lists of people, useful for tracking whose turn it is for chores, bedtime…
pocket2bear 0.01
Code
Feb 2026
A simple Perl script for syncing Pocket (heypocket.com) transcriptions with Bear (bear.app). https://github.com/mjaquilina/pocket2bear
No, vibe coding is not killing B2B SaaS
ERP
Technology
Feb 2026
AI coding tools are transformative. As someone who’s been building software for 20 years, I’m amazed at how fun Claude…
Calendar-Based Presence Detection for Kids in Home Assistant
Home Assistant
Jan 2026
Lately, I’ve been working on some fun Home Assistant automations based on whether my kids are in the house. The…
Transcribing and collating Uniden radio recordings with Whisper AI
Radio
Dec 2025
One of my favorite features of Uniden BCDx36- and SDS- series radios is the ability to enable a favorites list…
Honor, valor, dedication, restrooms
Whimsy
Dec 2025
Seen in Gettysburg
Dynamic drive time reminders with Home Assistant
Code
Home Assistant
May 2025
Tired of manually checking Google Maps and your calendar to figure out when to leave for your next meeting? I…
Using a ToolSmart WiFi flashlight without the app
Gadgets
May 2025
Last week, my son and I were browsing American Science and Surplus and came across the ToolSmart WiFi Flashlight Inspection…
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