Tag: Home Assistant

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Pixel Lights, Robot Mowers, Maslow CNC and Home Automation – HGG687

Seth Johnson from HomeTech.fm joins Jim Collison to talk about programmable pixel lights, holiday displays and the hardware behind thousands of individually addressable LEDs. They cover HolidayCoro, QuinLED, WLED, Xlights, Home Assistant and why electrical calculations still need more than a confident AI answer. Click for more / Podcast Player>
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Smaller Keys, Clearer Lanes: How I Split Work Across My AI Managers

HGG682 was the first time my AI operations model started to feel less like an experiment and more like a production workflow. ChatGPT helped shape the writing, OpenClaw handled the guarded WordPress work, Hermes managed the YouTube side, and I stayed in the approval and publishing seat. It was not one AI assistant doing everything. It was a set of narrower managers working in clearer lanes.

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LEPRO Lights Revisited, DIY Storm Guard and Safer AI Agents – HGG683

Jim revisits the LEPRO permanent outdoor lights after six months, then walks through two OpenClaw projects in depth: a DIY Home Assistant Storm Guard for EcoFlow and BLUETTI batteries — tested during a real severe-weather event — and an Amazon Affiliate Manager for TheAverageGuy.tv. He shares what he has learned about AI agent authority, batch… Click for more / Podcast Player>