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    Homekit Servo Blinds

    I have little experience with hardware, but had a goal that I wanted to retrofit my completely manually operated blinds so that I could control them via HomeKit. This post is about how I accomplished exactly that! The final solution is controllable down to a percentage via siri and the home app.

  • How to run homebridge in the background

    A no BS guide to running homebridge in the background on a unix system (requires systemd). Works 70% of the time every time.

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    The Making of Jared

    I’ve realized that I’ve never written about my side project Jared here, and its background, so I figured now is a good time.

  • A Blog Post

    It’s been 364 days since my last post, so I’m getting right in under that 1 year mark so that I can still declare that my blog is regularly updated. Here are some boring random tidbits that somehow constitute a blog post.

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    Coldplay Favorites

    I’ve been thinking about this a lot since their amazing Seattle show, so I made a playlist of my favorite Coldplay songs.