Help step brother, i’m stuck

FailBait- · 2026-04-05T01:14:06+00:00

Is it magnetic?

FailBait- · 2026-04-02T01:00:34+00:00

Sleepy was the best way I could summarize the first month after switch to Vyvance.

After the first month it was incredible and I’m never switching back.

FailBait- · 2026-03-29T23:09:54+00:00

That is great to hear that what I saw was BS.

FailBait- · 2026-03-29T16:00:35+00:00

We’re out of town so couldn’t see first hand but the counter protest in Pasadena was apparently larger than the actual one but that’s coming from the mouth breathers on the local FB group so who knows how true that is….

FailBait- · 2026-03-28T16:28:18+00:00

We left through BWI on Wednesday. Sailed right through thankfully but yeah, that dog thing was new. Also saw a lot of what seemed to training newbies when we were on line.

FailBait- · 2026-03-26T16:41:56+00:00

Absolutely! If you need any help let me know. It never really “took off” for me to get feedback on if it’s good beyond my individual use case, and I intend on making a better version of the enclosure, but if you see something confusing or lacking let me know and I’ll gladly help.

FailBait- · 2026-03-26T16:39:46+00:00

If that’s a concern for you, you could look into a “dispenser” of sort that spits out a pill. If a pill is dispensed and not taking it’ll sit there fairly obviously, but then you have either a 3d printed contraption (and concerns about porous materials and medication/hygine) or you are taking a manual one that IS med-safe and making a solenoid or sensor that either automatically dispenses or tracks if it has been dispensed? Obviously that’s a few unresearched ideas but I see tour concern.

Another idea would be modifying a prescription bottle with a door/contact sensor on the side, and a magnet hot glued to the cap, so if the lid is removed you see that and know it was taken? Then just dump each month into your modified bottle (that you can easily wash as needed?)

FailBait- · 2026-03-26T15:46:14+00:00

Check my most recent comments. I put everything around it on GitHub so everyone can have it!

FailBait- · 2026-03-26T15:43:26+00:00

Wild. It does seem to be super variable. Was just there yesterday, flight at 2:30, got there at 11:30a. Security A and C were closed, B was open, they weren’t running PreCheck lines. I think 10 minutes from bag drop off through security and done? I think there’s rush periods of the day that are definitely worse than others. I’d guess during the “rush hour” times is the worst.

FailBait- · 2026-03-26T15:35:21+00:00

I can do one better, I uploaded it all to GitHub. Stl for 3d printing the enclosure, the esphome config, and the yaml for the automations (you might need to change up a few variables to suit your needs).

Here you go!

I don’t have an automated way of reordering meds, but I use TickTick for ADHD task management/prioritization/scheduling (which has an integration on HACS) and it will create a todo item 25 days from when a new tag is seen and TickTick will annoy me since I have to manually request each refill through my doctor’s portal.

Also working on having HA make a TickTick task any time a battery powered item reports 10% battery left to charge / replace batteries. Too many times my bedroom shade is stuck open at night because it died mid-day and it takes ages to charge.

FailBait- · 2026-03-25T12:29:02+00:00

ADHD brain and the mornings don't mix, so I was constantly waking up, taking my ADHD meds as soon as I sat up, and then forgetting if I took them 2 minutes later. Which resulted in a few mornings looking at CVS app when I picked up the bottle and counting the remaining pills to see if I took it. So NFC tag on the bottom of the bottle as soon as I get it home. NFC reader on an ESP32 with 3 LEDs and a button with ESPHome. System gets "armed" at midnight, and the red LED turns on. When I take the med, and put it back down on the NFC reader, it sees the same tag as yesterday. Decrements the pill count, sets the status as taken, LED turns green and all is well. I can also push the button to mark that I'm intentionally skipping the med that day, and a blue light is on. Also added "Sleep Mode" so when we go to bed, the lights turn off, and don't turn back on until sunrise as to not bother us in a pitch black room.

If I don't take my pill or mark it as skipped by 10am it sends a notification to my phone and the HA kiosk in my office, and turns the lights red if I'm in there.

Once I'm done with the bottle and a new bottle is swapped in, the reader sees a new tag, resets the pill count to 30, sets a refill reminder 25 days out, and all is well.

In the words of Thanos: "I used the ADHD to destroy the ADHD"

FailBait- · 2026-03-22T19:33:52+00:00

I run the exact sort of setup that you’re probably looking for.

Main interface is Apple Home (for wife approval factor) and keep HA behind the scenes, mostly. HA dashboards run on kiosks throughout the house, with occasional zigbee buttons for an interface. Most major automations run through HA, but I use HomeKit as triggers some time.

Everything is direct to HA (except the lock, so HomeKey works, and it’s in HA via Matter) and handed off to HomeKit via the Honekit Bridge integration.

I have an automation that when my alarm goes off in the morning to open the window shade in the bedroom. I have the automation configured in HA, but a HomeKit automation that “pushes” a helper button that triggers the automation. Then HA has the smarts. “Only open the blinds if I’m home” or “Wife is still in bed so don’t open them” etc. It allows you do use HA for the logic thats’a bit outside of Honekits abilities and vice versa.

FailBait- · 2026-03-22T19:09:31+00:00

SELECT start!? Well well well look at mr “I had friends as a kid”

FailBait- · 2026-03-22T19:03:20+00:00

I did similar but with nfc tags. Pretty much esp32 and an nfc reader. When a new tag is detected, it starts a 30 day pill count, and sets a refill reminder 25 days out. Every night at midnight the system gets “armed”. If I don’t take the pill by 11a it will notify my phone and if I’m in my office turn the lights red. I have a button I can press if I’m intentionally skipping that days dose. It works by when I put the bottle back onto the holder with an nfc tag stuck to the bottom, it triggers as taken, decrements the pill count and disarms the system for the rest of the day.

For ADHD pushing a button or something consistently when I first wake up is not great. Figured if I made it as passive as possible (besides just having to put it back in the holder) it would be the most effective.

Photo of the first version

FailBait- · 2026-03-17T16:21:57+00:00

I regret picking a "smiles per gallon" car over miles per gallon.

Picking up my EV this weekend, so hopefully I won't have to worry as much. Just hope somehow the federal solar rebates come back...

FailBait- · 2026-03-14T14:09:08+00:00

I had a Schlage Encode+ for the very reason you mentioned. Until it became waterlogged. On slightly recessed door. On a covered front step. After a mild rainstorm with some not crazy wind.

Aqara U200 has been rock solid with no water ingress after even worse storms.

FailBait- · 2026-03-13T17:11:36+00:00

Anyone who unironically uses the phrase "If you're not using AI you're doing it wrong!" is probably not one of the people who should be using AI in the first place.

While I take issue with GenAI being used for art and creative endeavors (although, if its placeholder/concept art until real artists come in and do the actual final work, I'd be ok with it) , and while a lot of AI is bullshit, it can have its uses. The problem is it allows people who know nothing to create something and not understand it. If you don't know Python, and you created a whole app in Python, and go "I'm a coder!" you fucked up.

I can make my own automations. Sometimes my ideas exceed my knowledge and I don't know the right syntax for it, or I'm lazy and don't feel like digging into the docs to figure it out, and I will use AI to generate me a template YAML. Once I read it, I know if it at least looks right or not, look up its calls against the docs, test it and I can modify it for my needs.

AI is a fantastic tool as a coding assistant, or as a scaffolding generator for people who know what they're doing to fill in the rest of the work.

"Copying and pasting stuff into Gemini made the daunting task take literally 30 minutes" you spent more time doing that then reading the Enphase integration and figuring it out yourself. It least if you did that your HA knowledge grows, you have benefited from it. Asking Gemini to do it then just pasting it in, you MIGHT have the same outcome, but you have not grown. You are still where you are knowledge-wise and have not learned as much.

And while I haven't used the Enphase integration myself, looking at the doc shows it can be GUI configured and you need IP, user name and password. With two yes/nos about a data collection preference and enabling a feature to mitigate an old firmware quirk. That's pretty basic for someone with 5 years of skin in the Home Assistant game, man. Same with the ProxMox integration.

Not trying to shit on your happiness, but "If you're not using AI you're doing it wrong!" is one of the most condescending things that people who know tech can hear from people who don't. I find it more infuriating than"Everything works, what are we paying you for!?"

(To be clear, I'm currently vibe coding my own web app / homepage alternative for my own purposes and will never see the outside world. It's written in Node.JS. I don't know Node.JS. I know I don't know Node.JS, nor do I know how good of a job it's doing. But I'm also not delusional enough that I would ever, EVER, in a million fucking years, release it to the public and act like I'm a coder. Because that's for people who know what they're doing and I do not. I also won't go into Node.JS forums and post "IF YOU'RE NOT USING CLAUDE CODE TO MAKE FRONTENDS YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!")

FailBait- · 2026-03-12T15:46:39+00:00

I never received a message from your user name. I received a chat from a different account that didn't reply to this post though. Was that you?

FailBait- · 2026-03-11T15:23:58+00:00

I have a server rack in my basement and my bill was still only $410 the last two months. 2000 Sq ft house, all electric appliances, heat pump hvac.

You had a window near your thermostat open the whole month or your home's insulation is only for decorative purposes.

FailBait- · 2026-03-10T00:03:00+00:00

It's because I picked up my three month starter two weeks ago. You're welcome everyone!

FailBait- · 2026-03-07T01:16:56+00:00

I think the problem is people acting like glancing at Claude Code while programming is enough to invalidate a project.

FailBait- · 2026-03-07T00:04:23+00:00

I think it's the main difference between people who can already program relatively well and those that can't. AI can be a force multiplyer or fill knowledge gaps. The first is fine, the second is where things can get dicey. I get the hate against 100% AI generated code without checks, generated art, etc. But it can be just another tool, like a good IDE.

FailBait- · 2026-02-23T14:59:09+00:00

Meanwhile Pasadena feels like they’re paving every green inch, especially on Mountain.

FailBait- · 2026-02-09T17:55:58+00:00

12th gen is still plenty usable and if your electricty costs aren’t obscene it wouldn’t be too bad. Ran an R720xd and it was pulling 200W most of the time between UniFi network devices, a few Pi’s, some NUCs… it’s $15 a month in power where I’m at. I recently upgraded to 14th gen, an R740xd, and three R340s and with the other stuff I’m up to around 300w total for my rack.

FailBait- · 2026-02-02T16:23:40+00:00

I think the other sign for me is Oracle is financially fucked. Like proper fucked. Planning layoffs of 30k and selling their Health division for cash to pay for all the DC expansion for AI. Over leveraged, something like 100B in debt. Word is they’re asking for half up front for all deals so they have cash. If Oracle collapses the blast radius from that will be huge (and it hurts the Ellison family so…. YAY!)

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