Learning all the things
I like to explore a lot of different things, and this is where I share my thoughts and projects. I hope you find something interesting here!
Catfood Level Monitor for HomeAssitant
The Problem My wife and I take care of 40+ rescued cats at home. With this, comes the need to monitory supplies like cat food and litter closely. I thought it would be nice to have a way to automate the process and give us better operational awareness. I’ve also been wanting to share more of my non-synthesizer related electronics projects so here we go… The Idea The idea was to design a device that would let us keep track of our cat food and litter levels and would alert us if any of these are running low. The plan was to: ...
Intro to My Homelab
Last year, I got into homelabbing – the art of Cosplaying as a SysAdmin as Jeff Geerling calls it. Homelabbing is a term for setting up server infrastructure at home that lets one deploy and manage all sorts of different software stacks locally. Software like Immich, a centralized storage platform for my photos. …or Home Assistant, a home automation software stack that I use to control things like lights and power sockets based on sensors I deployed around the house. ...
Benjie has a new blog!
I convinced myself to start documenting all the random things I’ve been into lately.