Writing
Thoughts, write-ups, and technical notes on electronics, automation, software, and other rabbit holes I fall into.
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How I connected a Shopify store to Home Assistant so a paid order automatically unlocks a physical cabinet — replacing a vending machine for under $50 in hardware.
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Why I chose dark-first design for this site, the specific decisions I made around color, contrast, and typography, and what I'd do differently next time.
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A practical walkthrough of setting up ESPHome on an ESP32 dev board, creating a simple temperature sensor, and integrating it with Home Assistant — no Arduino IDE required.
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Real automation workflows I've built with n8n — not toy examples, but things that run daily and save me from doing things manually.
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