A personal blog where the author documents smart home automation experiments with Home Assistant and Node-RED, including flows for Xiaomi Aqara cube and Sonoff multi-press buttons. Each post shares importable code, notes on what worked and what failed, and practical workarounds for Zigbee and Tuya devices.
Website: https://krzes.com/
Personal essays and guides from the Home Assistant lead on smart home automation, open source maintenance and building reliable software. Readers get practical explanations of Home Assistant features alongside reflections on how open source practices change as projects scale.
Practical build notes on putting AI layers on top of real systems, including a smart home run through Home Assistant and Claude, a Cloudflare Worker proxy over closed commerce platforms, and brand-specific AI assistants. Each issue walks through the problem, the architecture chosen and the tradeoffs.
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