Adir Ben David
Now

What’s got my attention

Personal projects and the things I keep coming back to, away from the day job.

Lately that’s a lot of building with AI, operating a personal infrastructure across three sites, and a few interests that never really leave.

Personal infrastructure

Two homes. One cloud hub.

I build and operate infrastructure my family uses every day: smart-home routines, photos, media, and storage in two homes, with an Oracle Cloud hub watching from outside. Behind those services are virtualization, Kubernetes, secure access, Git-driven delivery, and monitoring — a system I keep responsible for after launch.

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Proxmox + K3sCloudflare Tunnel + AccessOracle Cloud + Grafana

What I’m into right now

Building with AI

Most of what I make now runs through AI: this site, a personal finance app, and a self-hosted agent on my home server that helps run my smart home. I add and adjust automations largely by describing what I want.

Smart home

A Home Assistant setup on my own hardware, with Zigbee devices, MQTT, and custom automations tying sensors, buttons, presence, climate, and household modes into everyday routines. I’ve built home/away behavior, desk-based AC control, automations that stay in sync with the physical remotes, and device health checks, with a focus on reliability and easy troubleshooting.

Coffee, properly

Coffee is something I’m genuinely into — and not just the drinking part. I like understanding what makes a cup actually good: the beans, grind size, brewing method, temperature, and the small details that completely change the taste. It’s both a simple daily ritual and a whole world of experimenting, precision, and discovering new flavors.

Transportation, cities & economics

This one is an interest rather than a project: I follow new transit and infrastructure work, read up on reforms, and keep an eye on the rules and budgets heading to a vote — and on how the economics of public spending actually play out.