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Sep/24

Replaced IFTTT With n8n.io

Filed Under Software, Workflow at 2nd September 2024 0:01 by

Overview I was lucky to be on the IFTTT Legacy price plan where I could set the price of what I wanted to pay per month. I believe it started from $1.99 so that was what I chose. As time … Continue reading →

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Jul/24

Home Assistant Continuous Integration Workflow 2024

Filed Under Home Automation, Infrastructure, Workflow at 1st July 2024 0:01 by

Overview A minor tweak to the Home Assistant CI/CD pipeline worth mentioning. The deployment process now replaces public call to a webhook to a VPN based solution. This comes in the form of Tailscale who also provide an example github … Continue reading →

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May/23

Home Assistant Continuous Integration Workflow 2023

Filed Under Home Automation, Workflow at 1st May 2023 0:01 by

Overview Previously, I was using TravisCI to perform checks on any changes to Home Assistant files. Since then, TravisCI has introduced caps and pricing plans and on the free tier I ran out of credits very quickly which broke the … Continue reading →

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Apr/22

Time Tracking With NFC Tags On Android

Filed Under Home Automation, Mobile Phone, Workflow at 4th April 2022 0:01 by

Overview NFC tags are relatively cheap solution to start timers (or any other tasks in Tasker) where GPS has an accuracy up to 50 metres. An NFC tag is down to the centimetres. NFC is less of a power draw … Continue reading →

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Nov/18

Time Tracking With Toggl

Filed Under Blog, Workflow at 6th November 2018 0:01 by
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Overview First step of continuous improvement (or just improvement in general) is monitoring and what better way to do this than to track time. Time is relevant to everything and a good way to see where it goes. When someone … Continue reading →

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Jan/18

Off-Site Backup Part 3 – Tools

Filed Under Infrastructure, Windows, Workflow at 1st January 2018 12:04 by

Overview The second part to off site backup goes into the tools. For the concept and background to this please see  and security here. Backup Program I use SyncBack Pro to handle the file copy and triggering the file copy. … Continue reading →

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Nov/17

Android Tasker: Empty Downloaded Files Everyday

Filed Under Mobile Phone, Workflow at 20th November 2017 21:44 by

Overview A profile that runs everyday (for me at 4am) that clears or any downloaded files in the Download folder. This ensures that files that are needed are moved / filed in good time and anything else is removed. Points … Continue reading →

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Sep/17

Off-Site Backup Part 2 – Security

Filed Under Security, Workflow at 7th September 2017 21:52 by

Overview The second part to off site backup goes into the tools. For the concept and background to this please see  Physical First consideration was security. You have to remember the physical and logical security required. For starters the place … Continue reading →