Automation and Routines
Smart Home Alerts Need the Same Discipline as Work Chat
My phone used to buzz with smart home notifications constantly, a door sensor, a motion alert, a routine confirmation, until I...
Automation and integration writer
Jonah builds home automations far more complicated than any household actually needs, purely for the challenge, then writes the stripped down version that works for everyone else without the troubleshooting headaches.
Automation and Routines
My phone used to buzz with smart home notifications constantly, a door sensor, a motion alert, a routine confirmation, until I...
Automation and Routines
My thermostat automation quietly stopped working for three weeks last winter, and I did not notice until a genuinely cold...
Automation and Routines
Our regular game night runs long enough that the house itself needs to quietly adjust around it, lighting that shifts as the...
Voice Assistants
A group of friends who gather weekly for game night at my place spent years arguing about scorekeeping, someone's phone notes...
Automation and Routines
I built twenty three automations in my first serious month with a smart home hub, convinced more automation meant a smarter...
Voice Assistants
I have run both Alexa and Google Home in the same house for over a year, one assistant per floor, largely by accident after...