A Clean, Modular Mutt Setup with Account and Theme Switching
A modular Mutt configuration: per-account switching, msmtp for sending, and colour themes you can swap without touching the core config.
Rolling Hills Brewery: Home Brewing with Home Assistant
My home brewing setup: a stainless fermenter, Cornelius kegs, a DIY kegerator, and fermentation temperature control with Home Assistant and ESPHome.
An ESPHome LED Matrix Display: From Wiring Plan to PCB
Designing a Home Assistant connected LED matrix display using a LilyGo T7-S3, a P5 64×32 HUB75 panel and ESPHome, and the lessons from planning its wiring, power and eventual PCB.
MagicMirror² Wall Dashboard: From Pi Zero to Odroid to Brix
A MagicMirror² dashboard with weather, Home Assistant sensors, Spotify, news, stock prices and live Queenstown webcams, now on a Gigabyte Brix in Firefox kiosk mode after earlier Pi Zero W and Odroid-N2 builds.
AI and the Gap Between Idea and Action
Most home-lab projects stall on friction, not ideas. An AI assistant keeps you moving from idea to a running, maintainable system, without replacing understanding.