Local Power Resilience: Connecting a Volt Polska USB UPS to Fedora, NUT, and Home Assistant

By | June 30, 2026
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Having a backup power supply is essential for data integrity during power grid fluctuations. This post outlines the step-by-step process to connect a Volt Polska USB UPS directly to a Fedora Linux laptop, monitor it with Network UPS Tools (NUT), and expose its real-time metrics to Home Assistant and your AI assistant, Antigravity (agy). 1.… Read More: Local Power Resilience: Connecting a Volt Polska USB UPS to… »

Exposing the Wallet to AI agents: Connecting the Wise (TransferWise) API to Home Assistant and Antigravity (agy)

By | June 30, 2026
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In a developer-first smart environment, we bridge physical sensors, AC systems, and mesh radios. But we can go further: connecting financial APIs directly to our terminal workspace. By integrating the Wise (formerly TransferWise) API with Antigravity (agy) and Home Assistant, we can check multi-currency account balances and execute secure payments directly from our terminal or… Read More: Exposing the Wallet to AI agents: Connecting the Wise (TransferWise)… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (14) Unifying the Workspace, Connecting HomeAssistant, Networks, Vehicles, and LoRa to Antigravity (agy)

By | June 26, 2026
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In a modern developer’s smart home, the workspace extends far beyond local source code. It spans the physical environment (climate, blinds, air quality), network routing infrastructure (routers, switches, APs), smart appliances (refrigerators, HVAC, printers, smart kitchen devices), personal vehicles, self-hosted web analytics, and off-grid radio meshes. By linking these domains together and exposing them to… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (14) Unifying the Workspace,… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (13): Tracking Web Analytics Locally: Integrating WordPress Jetpack Stats & Uptime with Home Assistant

By | June 24, 2026
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For self-hosted bloggers and developers, keeping an eye on website uptime and audience engagement is crucial. However, checking web dashboards constantly is distracting, and polling local databases for traffic metrics can slow down your site’s performance. If you use WordPress connected to Jetpack (by Automattic), you can leverage the WordPress.com cloud REST API to pull… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (13): Tracking Web Analytics… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (12): Off-Grid Smart Home Control, Bridging Meshtastic (LoRa) and Home Assistant Assist

By | June 23, 2026
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Imagine controlling your entire smart home—closing blinds, turning off lights, checking room temperatures, or arming security systems—from miles away, without cellular coverage, internet access, or grid dependencies. By combining Meshtastic (an open-source, decentralized LoRa mesh network) with Home Assistant (the ultimate local home automation hub), you can build a secure, long-range, off-grid control link that… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (12): Off-Grid Smart Home… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (11): Brother & IPP: Smart Printer Integration

By | June 22, 2026
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Goal: Connect your smart laser printer (Brother MFC-L2710DW) via IPP and SNMP to track diagnostic stats (toner levels, drum life, fuser health, page counters). Before jumping into the script code, it is important to understand why command-line scripts are extremely useful for modern smart homes. Beyond convenience for terminal users, these CLI scripts act as… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (11): Brother & IPP:… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (10): Cookidoo Recipes & Smart Kitchen Integration

By | June 22, 2026
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Goal: Sync cooking calendars, recipe databases, and shopping list items using a custom HACS Cookidoo integration. Why CLI Scripts? (Agentic AI Observability) Before jumping into the script code, it is important to understand why command-line scripts are extremely useful for modern smart homes. Beyond convenience for terminal users, these CLI scripts act as a programmatic interface… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (10): Cookidoo Recipes &… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (9): Somfy Overkiz Security and Entryway Tracking

By | June 20, 2026
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Goal: Integrate Somfy TaHoma or Connexoon bridges via the Overkiz platform to monitor entryway doors/windows and programmatically control smart blinds/covers. Why CLI Scripts? (Agentic AI Observability) Before jumping into the script code, it is important to understand why command-line scripts are extremely useful for modern smart homes. Beyond convenience for terminal users, these CLI scripts… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (9): Somfy Overkiz Security… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (8): Netatmo Ecosystem: Weather Stations & Smart Cameras

By | June 19, 2026
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Goal: Monitor multi-property environmental metrics (CO2, humidity, noise, rain/wind gauges) and integrate Smart Indoor/Outdoor cameras (with face/person recognition and floodlights) under a unified developer API. Why CLI Scripts? (Agentic AI Observability) Before jumping into the script code, it is important to understand why command-line scripts are extremely useful for modern smart homes. Beyond convenience for… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (8): Netatmo Ecosystem: Weather… »