Internet of Things (IoT) The Things IoT Conference 2024 Roundup This year, I was fortunate enough to attend The Things Conference in Amsterdam – a conference dedicated to the development and application of the Internet of Things (IoT) and LoRaWAN technology.
Probabilistic Data Structures Frequency Analysis at Scale with Count-Min Sketch Using precise methods for counting the frequency of events in a data stream becomes infeasible with large volumes. Precise counting methods at scale often require a significant amount of memory
Home Automation Controlling Zigbee Lights with a Shelly Detached Switch Throughout the house, nearly every single light is controlled by a Shelly. Last year, we installed a UniFi G4 Video Doorbell, and whilst we were having this fitted, it made
Probabilistic Data Structures Scaling Large Applications with Bloom Filters Querying large datasets can often be challenging, especially when performance is a key concern. Achieving performance at scale often comes with an element of trade-off in how a system is
Home Automation Using Helpers to Abstract Complex Logic in Home Assistant I have a handful of helpers in my Home Assistant setup that track the basic state of a few things. For example, we have a simple "guest mode"
Home Automation UniFi Doorbell Chime Sounds with Amazon Alexa and Home Assistant When I first got my UniFi G4 Doorbell, I originally set up Home Assistant to announce, "There is someone at the door," using Amazon Alexa. More recently, I
Monitoring Mastering Alert Fatigue: Avoiding the Monitoring and Alerting Pitfalls Putting in place a successful monitoring solution goes far beyond just picking an appropriate tool (such as Icinga, Nagios, Zabbix, etc). The success and effectiveness of monitoring systems rely on
