Thoughts on Technology, Productivity and Product Management
Last night I built a voice to text app for macOS. Well, saying I built it is a bit of a stretch. AI built it. I funded the tokens and provided some sense of direction and product scope. Together, we built Gemmur an app which let s you speak, transcribes the text, cleans it up [ ] The post Talk to your computer, for free appeared first on Chirag Desai .
Note: This post was mostly written by Claudia, my AI agent, after interviewing me about the topic. The post was reviewed and edited by me before publishing. Our baby arrived recently. By day two, my wife and I had already hit the classic new-parent problem: did she feed on the left or the right last? [ ] The post Track Baby Feeds & Nappies with Home Assistant & BabyBuddy (No Phone Required)…
First things first, let’s address some hype that seems to have become gospel thanks to influencers. It’s amazing that even the smartest of my friends just bought into the hype without fact-checking. Let’s debunk some OpenClaw mis-truths.You need a mac mini to run it. You don’t. I have mine running on a VM with 4GB running [ ] The post How to Run OpenClaw Safely appeared first on Chirag Desai .
Your new 3D printer has arrived and I bet you re excited to print something. I know I was when I got mine. Following the advice of Reddit, I printed a Benchy, but that might not have been the right move (print failed). To explain why and help you get started, here are my tips on [ ] The post Getting started with your 3D Printer appeared first on Chirag Desai .
I decided to buy a 3D printer to help me finish some projects at home. Buying a 3D printer requires some research, so I m sharing mine here to help you. Why buy a 3D printer? If you ve spoken to me over the past couple of years, you ll know I bought and renovated a home, keeping [ ] The post Buying a 3D printer in 2024: Creality vs Prusa vs BambuLabs appeared first on Chirag Desai .
I have two Velux windows in my roof, each with a battery-powered blind, charged by a built-in solar panel. Each blind has its own Velux KL312 remote which has three buttons: blind up, blind down and stop. The remotes can t be included in Home Assistant without an additional hub because they use the iohomecontrol protocol, [ ] The post Automating Velux Blinds with Home Assistant appeared first on…
SD cards can fail when used in a Raspberry Pi. Failure isn t an option for me, since I use my Raspberry Pi 4 to run my smart home. In my older Raspberry Pi 2, the SD card failed and my whole smart home went offline. That was painful. To avoid making the same mistake again, [ ] The post Upgrade Raspberry Pi 4 with an SSD drive appeared first on Chirag Desai .
Building a new habit is hard. I usually stumble into habits, both good and bad. When I m deliberate about a habit, it sticks for several days, but if I stumble off track because of work, travel or life in general I usually stay off track. Travel disrupts my routines the most, likely because [ ] The post How I built new habits: The 66 Day Habit Challenge appeared first on Chirag Desai .
I ve been automating my house since 2012. I started out with basic home automation which turned the lights on and off at set times. Since I now spend a lot more time at home (thanks COVID!) I ve implemented different home automations to help make life at home a little more comfortable. In this article I [ ] The post My top 5 home automation projects appeared first on Chirag Desai .
Almost 10 years ago, I remember hearing stories from friends about how they bought bitcoin by mailing envelopes of cash to strangers they met online. It felt shady. Fast forward 10 years and crypto, NFTs and web3 are all hot topics. To avoid missing out, I decided to take another look at crypto and figure [ ] The post Buying Bitcoin for Beginners appeared first on Chirag Desai .