Reverse-Engineering Hitachi's Cloud API with AI: From Browser DevTools to a Full Home Assistant Integration
Feb 25 · 13 min read · When Hitachi replaced its older Hi-Kumo system with the ATW-IOT-01 module, it broke every existing Home Assistant integration for their heat pumps. The new system routes everything through a cloud ser
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Evaluating the Orchestrator
Jan 22 · 5 min read · In my last entry, I noted that the general framework of this project is pretty much complete, and that’s true! Especially for the agent components, where I’ve built a collection of task-specific agents, plus an Orchestrator Agent capable of delegatin...
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Jan 20 · 5 min read · Now that my Gmail agent works, it’s time to add more fun agents! A few I have in mind to start with include: A ski-report generator A documentation assistant (for reminders, grocery lists, etc) A health coach that can advise on how to how to meet ...
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Jan 8 · 6 min read · There are many, many things I’d like a personal home assistant to be able to do. Schedule my doctors appointment, pay my bills, write my grocery list. Hopefully I’ll get to all of that eventually, but keeping an eye on my personal inbox, dodging spam...
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Jan 7 · 5 min read · Allow me to start this article by borrowing from Lemony Snicket’s introduction to A Series of Unfortunate Events: “If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other [article]. In this [article], not only ...
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Jan 3 · 5 min read · Home automation is a lot of fun, but once it becomes a serious hobby, you start running into some challenging problems. Device fragmentation, for one. Ring app for the alarm. Hue app for lights. Aqara app for the lock. SwitchBot app for curtains. My ...
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Home Assistant Goes Native: Why Apple Developers Should Dive into the Open-Source Smart Home Client
Jan 3 · 4 min read · 📝 Quick Summary: This repository provides the official Home Assistant client application for Apple platforms, allowing users to control and monitor their smart home devices from their iPhones, iPads, and Macs. It offers a native experience for manag...
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Dec 19, 2025 · 5 min read · As I mentioned in my last article, this blog will mostly be documenting the projects I work on. A couple years back, I built a homemade plant-watering system to wrap my head around AWS based IoT development (unfortunately at the time I didn’t have th...
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Dec 17, 2025 · 16 min read · I LOVE smart home devices. Pretty much the exact moment I moved out of my parents’ house to attend university, I equipped my place with a bunch of smart devices to hook into my existing Home Assistant instance. My bedroom alone has multiple smart Zig...
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