Home Automations for the Grumpy Father
Your house keeps doing things that annoy you. Let's automate them away.
Your house is full of small daily annoyances. Lights left on, garage left open, kids on the tablet at midnight. Angry Dad automates them away — one ruthless Home Assistant automation at a time.
Chasing Sunbeams: Bullying a Cheap Tuya EV Charger Into Solar-Smart Charging (and Making It Share With the Pool)
Solar on the roof, an EV in the driveway, and a tariff that charges 40c at 4pm and 8c at midnight. So I took a cheap Tuya charger off the cloud, fixed its lying sensors, taught it to modulate amps against live solar surplus — and then made it share the sunshine with the pool. Full config included.
Read the story →This week's grievances
See all 12 →The Garage Door Has Been Open for 17 Minutes, Geoffrey
Stop leaving the whole house open to the street like we run a museum.
Energy · easyNobody Lives in That Room
The light bill is not a participation trophy.
Kids · mediumThe Wi-Fi Goes to Bed When You Do
It's a school night. The router has opinions now.
Not everything needs a sensor
Half of it isn't even tech.
The lost shoes, the forgotten lunch, the morning that goes off like a bomb — most of it gets fixed with a hook, a whiteboard, and ten minutes the night before. Start there.
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