Energy software for the unstable grid.
Architecture decisions, integration war stories, and field notes from building IoT that keeps homes running when the grid doesn't.
Latest posts
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Why remote work forced me to build orchestrated backup power — and reject Home Assistant
Home Assistant is the best home-automation platform there is — which is exactly why it's the wrong tool for energy orchestration. A developer's case for why automation and orchestration are different problems, and why mistaking one for the other costs you months.
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You don't have a backup. You have an assumption.
Nineteenth floor of a twenty-two-storey block, no gas: water, heat, the stove, the lift, the light — and the income of two remote developers — all on one wire. What a blackout taught me about invisible single points of failure, at home and in the systems we build.
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This blog is the thinking, not the changelog
I build software for energy systems in places where the grid can't be trusted. This is where I think out loud — the principles, the wrong turns, the trade-offs — one layer up from any product. Engineering writing for people who build, not a release feed.