Home Assistant

Posts relating to the Home Assistant open source project and home automation.

December 2025 Newsletter

I generally don't like to make hard-and-fast predictions, but I must point out that it appears we're at the peak of the $18-20T "AI" hype bubble now.

October 2025 Newsletter

Skepticism to the AI bubble has been rising, Canada struggles to step up to our digital sovereignty, and the rift between for-profit and open-source postures continues to widen.

January 2025 Newsletter

Looking back, 2024 was a challenging year, especially for privacy-focused consumer technology changes.

September 2024 Newsletter

This month, we're focusing on the usual smattering of tech and privacy news, but I'm mostly posting an update about my electronics product design and engineering developments.

May 2024 Newsletter

This month, we're covering a wide variety of tech issues and topics in the links herein.

February 2024 Newsletter

This month, there's been a lot of hype around CES, and new tech products like Apple's Vision Pro, which just debuted this week in the US. But there have also been lots of big security issues and major platform updates, as noted below.

October 2023 Newsletter

In this newsletter, we cover a variety of security and privacy-focused news, iPhone 15 announcements, iOS 16 and 17 updates, etc.

June 2023 Newsletter

This month, we've been working away on open-source electronics projects, and we take a look at the details.

April 2023 Newsletter

In this newsletter, we're focusing on network security, the ever-changing landscape of mobile device software, and home automation news.

February 2023 Newsletter

This month, we're exploring security, privacy, and data sovereignty.