Last year, our landlord replaced our IOLite-controlled heating system with standard manually operated valves. Returning to manual control was inconvenient, so I sought a solution, that: Provided similar functionality Integrated seamlessly with Home Assistant Allowed local control for offline use Required no reverse engineering (unlike IOLite) This led me to...

A while back we upgraded our TV to a Philips OLED Ambilight model similar to the Philips Ambilight 55OLED759. The difference going from LED to OLED was impressive but there is a software feature that soon became rather annoying in that the TV would from time to time prompt you...

The WLED project is something I have been meaning to use for a while but never got around to experimenting with until recently when I purchased some WS2812B Fairy Lights to decorate our living room with. The setup was easier than expected and the capabilities of this platform far exceeded...

I recently upgraded to a new PC which has multiple drives that I wanted to encrypt and decrypt these automatically on boot. My distribution of choice is EndevourOS as it provides an easy way to get started with an arch based system. The installer provides a way to easily created...

It’s been a while since I’ve had the need to intercept traffic from an Android when things were a lot less secure and you could just use a tool such as Charles Proxy as a proxy between your device. Unless you’re debugging your own application in which you can modify...