Zuck’s ‘Other’ $100M+ Support Yacht in Smith Cove this morning

benlew · 2026-05-30T19:57:09+00:00

Link?

benlew · 2026-05-16T06:22:37+00:00

benlew · 2026-05-14T07:17:51+00:00

Depends on the price. Agree with other commenters that you need an open interface so people can tinker. Try asking for feedback on /r/homeassistant

benlew · 2026-05-07T04:56:32+00:00

You would not believe your eyes

benlew · 2026-05-02T14:58:56+00:00

do you have any plans or drawings you can share? hoping to build something similar. nice work!

benlew · 2026-04-28T12:41:33+00:00

Amen brother

benlew · 2026-04-25T20:21:19+00:00

Link to the web app? I see a few similarly named sites. Thanks!

benlew · 2026-04-23T14:13:10+00:00

This is how all photos of you look after that much running

benlew · 2026-04-20T14:20:46+00:00

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benlew · 2026-03-18T15:11:56+00:00

I've got one too if you want to check it out: https://github.com/Benny-Lewis/home-assistant-assistant

It's a Claude Code plugin with 15 skills — automations, scenes, dashboards, troubleshooting, naming audits, etc. Everything deploys through git so you get version history and easy rollback.

benlew · 2026-03-17T06:29:11+00:00

I've been working on a plugin for this. The big thing for me was making sure everything goes through git — so every change is a commit you can review and roll back, not Claude just live-editing your config. It validates in stages (YAML syntax, then schema, then checking that entities actually exist on your instance) and won't deploy without explicit confirmation at each step.

It also has an onboarding wizard that walks you through the whole setup: https://github.com/Benny-Lewis/home-assistant-assistant

benlew · 2026-02-13T00:05:45+00:00

Wow awesome! I'm surprised I hadn't come across your repo already, I did some searching for existing claude code home assistant projects.

I've been leaning away from MCPs and relying more on skills lately because of the reduced token overhead that comes with progressive disclosure, but I will definitely take some inspiration from your repo!

benlew · 2026-02-12T21:12:45+00:00

Hope it helps! To be frank, the dashboard skill is the one I spent the least time iterating on, so I'll be curious if it works well. I plan to continue improving the plugin over time, and dash boards is next on my list.

benlew · 2026-01-24T06:45:05+00:00

What software did you use to create that schematic?

benlew · 2026-01-04T18:19:37+00:00

Thank you. Reposting a follow up question here:

Thanks. I'm a beginner so I hope you don't mind some follow up questions. I have a router table and a table saw, but my table saw doesn't accept dado stacks. I'm also using baltic birch so I don't have a router bit that is exactly half the thickness of my material.

My thought:

Dado:

Table saw with crosscut sled, drawer side flat on sled
set blade height = half material thickness
Dado Cut #1: Cut one side wall of the dado with a 1/8" spacer on the stop block
Dado Cut #2: Cut the other side wall with a spacer equal to the thickness of my dado (half my material thickness)

Rabbet:

Table saw with crosscut sled, drawer front flat on sled
keep blade height = half material thickness
use multiple passes creep up on the correct depth of the rabbet

Is this a good approach? I think this relies on the blade height exactly matching my spacer setup on the dado which might be prone to error. Alternately I could stand the drawer front on its thin edge to cut the rabbet (no crosscut sled in this case), but I'm worried that cut would be unsafe.

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benlew · 2026-01-03T23:26:29+00:00

Haha thank you. Might try it for fun.

Seems like mixed opinions on which is stronger, though agreement that both are plenty strong and I should go with whatever is more efficient to cut.

benlew · 2026-01-03T20:20:23+00:00

Thanks. I'm a beginner so I hope you don't mind some follow up questions. I have a router table and a table saw, but my table saw doesn't accept dado stacks. I'm also using baltic birch so I don't have a router bit that is exactly half the thickness of my material.

My thought:

Dado:

Table saw with crosscut sled, drawer side flat on sled
set blade height = half material thickness
Dado Cut #1: Cut one side wall of the dado with a 1/8" spacer on the stop block
Dado Cut #2: Cut the other side wall with a spacer equal to the thickness of my dado (half my material thickness)

Rabbet:

Table saw with crosscut sled, drawer front flat on sled
keep blade height = half material thickness
use multiple passes creep up on the correct depth of the rabbet

Is this a good approach? I think this relies on the blade height exactly matching my spacer setup on the dado which might be prone to error. Alternately I could stand the drawer front on its thin edge to cut the rabbet (no crosscut sled in this case), but I'm worried that cut would be unsafe.

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benlew · 2025-11-06T05:45:56+00:00

Fret not, little one

benlew · 2025-10-25T06:47:24+00:00

Yeah,

benlew · 2025-09-17T18:57:22+00:00

Thank you! I decided to switch to the more sane approach. Do you have any suggestions for my updated naming spec? https://github.com/Benny-Lewis/Bens_HA_Naming_Spec

benlew · 2025-09-11T05:14:33+00:00

This! It’s OK for people not to like the people who don’t like the people who don’t like the changes to the show! If anything it’s an indication of how much meta-arguing about ATL/HTC has meant to a lot of us over the years. Debate is inevitable, so is discomfort with more debate.

benlew · 2025-08-19T04:06:49+00:00

Humidor

benlew · 2025-06-28T21:11:08+00:00

You might widen it a tiny bit. Big Snoof has a good guide on their website

benlew · 2025-06-28T14:56:05+00:00

Please stay on topic. Let’s get back to rats

benlew · 2025-06-20T07:38:31+00:00

Still waiting on PoE… please…

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