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My AI Chief of Staff Used to Have Office Hours. Not Anymore.
My AI chief of staff had one flaw: he only worked when my laptop was open. Here's what I built instead.
May 22, 202613 min read
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Step 1: Install ESPHome in Home Assistant and create first Node
This article is part of the Make your Bellfire fireplace smart project that I presented during the Home Assistant Conference 2020. It's time to execute the…
Dec 14, 20202 min readESPHome
Introducing ESP / NodeMCU boards
This article is part of the Make your Bellfire fireplace smart project that I presented during the Home Assistant Conference 2020. In the previous article,…
Dec 14, 20202 min readHome Assistant
Introducing ESPHome
This article is part of the Make your Bellfire fireplace smart project that I presented during the Home Assistant Conference 2020. In the previous article,…
Dec 14, 20202 min readESPHome
Introducing Relays
This article is part of the Make your Bellfire fireplace smart project that I presented during the Home Assistant Conference 2020. In the previous article I…
Dec 14, 20203 min readHome Assistant
Investigating options for making the Bellfire fireplace smart
This article is part of the Make your Bellfire fireplace smart project that I presented during the Home Assistant Conference 2020. In the previous article I…
Dec 14, 20203 min readHome Assistant
Step 5: Wire the relays to the fireplace
This article is part of the Make your Bellfire fireplace smart project that I presented during the Home Assistant Conference 2020. It's time to execute the…
Dec 14, 20201 min readESPHome
Ways to make dumb devices smart
When I buy a new device for my home I want it to be smart. I might be pushing it a bit too far, including scales, washing machines, barbeque, toothbrushes……
Dec 14, 20202 min readHome Assistant
Step 3: Wiring the ESP to the relay
This article is part of the Make your Bellfire fireplace smart project that I presented during the Home Assistant Conference 2020. It's time to execute the…
Dec 14, 20201 min readESPHome
Speaking at the Home Assistant conference
At the end of October, the Home Assistant conference was announced. I’m very excited about home automation and sharing my knowledge. So I decided to submit a…
Nov 19, 20202 min readHome Assistant
Sitecore Symposium 2020 promo
Join us virtually for the 2020 Sitecore Symposium. Register here Very proud to be part of the Symposium promo video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Ka784gTcM
Sep 16, 20201 min readEvents