Practical guides on biltong making, solar power and load shedding — real data, no filler.
The real answer based on sensor data — how thickness, humidity, temperature and airflow combine to determine drying time.
Traditional South African spice ratios for biltong, droëwors, chilli bites and mince wiele — no premix required.
A province-by-province guide to sizing your solar system, with real production data from a 10kW installation in Pretoria.
A clear breakdown of Eskom direct and municipal tariffs for 2026. Find your exact rate for Tshwane, City Power, Cape Town and more.
How to calculate exactly what battery capacity your home needs — by appliance load, outage duration and battery chemistry.
Geyser boost, AC tiered mode, pool pump scheduling and daily summary — with working YAML from a real 10kW installation.
Complete setup from USB coordinator selection to device pairing. Includes the ZHA conflict fix that trips up most new installs.
Configure the HA Energy dashboard for a solar + battery system. Which sensors to use, Shelly EM setup, and CSV logging with Node-RED.
Real-world guide: CSV logging, API calls, sequential flows, and stateful counters — when Node-RED beats HA automations, with real biltong box and solar examples.
Flash Sonoff devices over WiFi for fully local control. Build a custom DHT22 sensor with ESP32. Complete YAML configs for production use.
Production Lovelace YAML for solar monitoring — mini-graph cards, battery gauges, energy flow diagrams, and quick controls with power monitoring.
The main hub for the complete Alexa + Home Assistant + Local AI integration. Architecture overview, all voice commands, critical gotchas, and links to every step-by-step guide.
Full 3-layer integration: Nabu Casa Smart Home Skill, custom AWS Lambda skill, and Ollama local LLM on Pi 5. "Alexa, ask house will the battery last tonight?" answered in 3-5 seconds. Zero cloud AI costs.
Set up direct Alexa voice control — "Alexa, turn on the geyser", "Alexa, set aircon to 22 degrees". No code required. 15-minute setup from subscription to working voice commands.
Build a custom Alexa skill on AWS Lambda that routes free-form voice queries to Home Assistant. Full Python code, eu-west-1 region gotcha, interaction model JSON, and the Alexa Developer Console walkthrough.
The complete Ollama + Node-RED flow that processes Alexa queries locally. The critical KV cache alignment trick that makes the difference between 3 seconds and 23 seconds response time.
All 15+ Home Assistant scripts with full YAML. Battery survival calculation, automatic overnight charging with SolaX inverter control, multi-zone sprinkler management, and SolCast-aware solar forecasting.
Free daily 5-letter word game — same puzzle as the NYT Wordle, served via our own proxy. Keyboard support, win streaks and worldwide ranking stats.
The best starting words, colour hint strategy, the duplicate letter trap, and why 4 million people play every single day.
Monthly repayment, affordability check, transfer duty & stamp duty by country, extra payment savings, and full amortisation schedule.
Monthly payment, balloon/residual payment analysis, total cost of ownership and side-by-side vehicle comparison. Car, bakkie, truck, motorbike.