Ten cameras, one account — and the model decides
Five of my Blink cameras deliver an image every day, three almost never. Not location, not battery, not signal strength separates them — the product line does.
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Smart or pointless?
One device, one real test, one clear verdict.
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252 scripts later: what Claude could and could not do
Three flats, three instances, 252 tool scripts — built with Claude as a working partner. How the chain looks, and the one rule without which it does not hold.
Two water valves, and the shut-off is not the device's job
Hot water rules out almost every metering valve. Which one was left, what speaks against it — and why opening has two brakes while closing has none.
tado integrated locally — then six weeks of wrong diagnoses
The local route to tado runs through HomeKit, and HomeKit allows only one controller. What followed: four plausible diagnoses, all of them wrong.
This device has Wi-Fi — and still stays outside
A grill with a core temperature probe, a switch found on the water connection. I could integrate both. Why I did neither.
The switch says requested, not running
The pellet stove has no network. The relay only reports that heat was asked for — whether it is burning is revealed solely by the ignition spike in the power draw.
Port 554 stays closed — and that is not a fault
The new Tapo camera would not integrate. The reason is a protocol change you will need again at your next purchase — and that nobody prints on the box.
The fountain runs. It is not in Home Assistant.
Bruno needs water — does his bowl need Wi-Fi? Half an afternoon, a device that quietly swaps its key, and a verdict that comes in two halves.