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Do you find yourself manually transferring money every week for the kids' allowances? Or maybe you've promised yourself you'll save money for that vacation, but somehow it never happens? What if I told you that your Home Assistant setup could automatically handle your money management, making transf...

How an old idea, inspiration from old strategy games, and a toolbox full of AI helpers turned into my Viking strategy saga.

A Seed Planted Years Ago

Growing up glued to what I consider classics, like Kingdoms of England, Utopia, and the original Civilization, I fell hard for empire‑buildin...

Privacy-focused analytics tools like Plausible are becoming increasingly popular as companies and individuals prioritize data sovereignty and privacy. Plausible Analytics is a lightweight, open-source, privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics. Hosting it yourself ensures that your analytics...

Bruker du Ollama og har irritert deg over den tragisk dårlige norsken som kommer ut av en ellers fantastisk Llama 3.1 8b-modell? Visste du at det finnes språkmodeller som er trent på norsk ved UiO og med hjelp av Nasjonalbiblioteket? Det er enkelt å benytte disse modellene med Ollama, men det er...

Do you want an AI to analyze images from your security cameras, and never send any data outside your home? This is easy with Home Assistant! I'll show you how to set it up step by step.

I recently created a Home Assistant integration called Ollama Vision. This integration makes it super easy to...

In this article, you will learn how to set up an automated test workflow for a mockup SvelteKit project enforcing TypeScript code checks, linting, Vitest unit tests, Playwright for end-to-end testing and a simple build test. You will learn to leverage a self-hosted GitHub Actions runner and a pre-bu...