Welcome!

Hi, I'm Tom, a developer and smart home enthusiast.

What's new

• I joined a game jam and made a small game! It is called Paternoster, and you can find out more here: Paternoster (Game).
• I started documenting my smart home: Smart Home.

Latest blog posts

• self hosting

  Skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos on Smart TVs
• smart home

  Let ChatGPT welcome you home
• recommendedsmart home

  Automating the bathroom window
• self hosting

  Using Tailscale to access Home Assistant from everywhere
• diy

  DIY Ambilight with HDMI 2.1 support
• recommendeddiy

  Convert Meal Plan Images with Python, OpenCV, and Tesseract
• smart home

  Save songs from radio to a Spotify playlist
• smart home

  Let Alexa welcome you home
• recommendedsmart home

  Save and restore light states using Home Assistant
• smart home

  Alexa connected to an audio receiver (with Home Assistant)
• recommendedsmart home

  Monitor remaining water bottles with ESPHome and Home Assistant
• smart home

  Cover that only opens if there's nothing in it's way in Home Assistant
• smart home

  Making the windows smart
• smart home

  Building a smart home theater with Home Assistant