What’s got my attention

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.

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, manual-remote compatibility, and device health checks, with a focus on reliability and easy troubleshooting.

My home server gives me a private place to run my own services: backups, monitoring, diagnostics, and the environment my AI agent lives in. It means I can operate my automations, keep an eye on system health, recover from failures, and experiment freely with networking and infrastructure without leaning entirely on the cloud.

Coffee is something I’m genuinely into, and not only for drinking it. 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.

This stays a constant interest rather than a project: I follow new transit and infrastructure projects, 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.