The amount of side quests I go on lately is getting a bit worrisome. One thing I recently started using Endirillia for is controlling Home Assistant. I added support for notifications when the washing machine or dryer are done to not just get Delta notifications. But what actually threw me off while adding stuff to automatons this week was adding two Govee LED bars behind the TV.
One of my primary goals when starting my Sunday post series about working on LazerBunny was to have some references on how I think about some of the problems I am working on. Especially when newer technology I did not spend a few decades with is involved. And judging from some comments I got the series is very much appreciated by younger engineers. However, one common point people made was that I am not diving deeper into application layout and design. Let us fix that.
Okay, maybe I am a bit exaggerating in the title. It has been two years since I put Bazzite on my main gaming system. Two years feel like a pretty good time to take stock and see how the journey has been. There have been updates, major releases and new games, which covers most of the relevant things.
After finding the time to get my Home Assistant to monitor when our washing machine and dryer are done I faced the next challenge. Sending a push notification to me and my wife. Luckily we are already using Delta Chat and there is something that resembles a complete library to send messages to people and a flag to set for bots. So, how hard can it be?
Next week Apple will likely introduce a foldable iPhone. For a long time I was pretty sure I will get one. I use my phone mostly for reading, but cannot stand reading books on it. On the other hand the iPad mini, which is roughly the form factor of the foldable, is exactly the size I want for books. Finally a new form factor other smartphone makers have already been supporting for eight years and the first time in five or six years a phone would have a new feature I care about.