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Recent posts on tech, beer, and life.
Beacon: A Free Skylight Alternative for Home Assistant Users
Skylight Calendar 2 costs $300 plus $79/year for the good features — and it doesn't talk to Home Assistant. Beacon is free, open source, and runs as an HA add-on on a Pi and a $100 monitor.
Using AI to Lighten the Mental Load at Home
Why I built HomeClaw — a purpose-built AI agent for managing household inventory, meal planning, and the constant mental calculus of running a family.
From One to Many: The Unplanned Emergence of an AI Pantheon
How a single home-management AI agent evolved into a team of specialized agents — and what it taught me about scaling AI through organizational design.
Building a DNS Incident Timer
A Raspberry Pi project that displays how long it's been since the last DNS failure, complete with a satisfying audio notification when someone presses the reset button
Getting Back to Blogging
After a 5-year hiatus, I'm reviving my blog with a fresh theme and renewed enthusiasm
How Homebrewing Saved Me from Burnout
Finding balance between tech and craft through the art of brewing