Marco Mornati

Software engineer · Self-hoster · AI & OSS enthusiast

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The Sump Pump in the Spotlight: Monitoring Hidden Infrastructure with Home Assistant

25 August 2026·2647 words·13 mins· loading · loading

A Zigbee smart plug, nine automations, and one invisible pump that saves the house from flooding - the “invisible device” pattern, monitored with Home Assistant.

The Smart Water Heater, 4 Years Later: Solar + Off-Peak Orchestration (v2)

24 August 2026·2259 words·11 mins· loading · loading

Two water heaters on a Heures Creuses tariff, 12 panels and no battery - the v2 of my water heater orchestration, with real YAML and real numbers.

Your MCP Input Context: Which IDEs Lazy-Load and How LeanProxy Keeps It Flat

23 August 2026·2300 words·11 mins· loading · loading

Arlo Base Station Deep Dive: Battery Drain, Sniffed Data, and Router Config

20 August 2026·3446 words·17 mins· loading · loading

Fixing Arlo Camera Battery Life at the WiFi Layer

19 August 2026·2683 words·13 mins· loading · loading

Integrating Your Self-Hosted Arlo Stack with Home Assistant: Sensors, Automations and the Lovelace Dashboard

18 August 2026·6939 words·33 mins· loading · loading

Self-Hosting Arlo on Your Own Server: Stack, Patches and Lessons Learned

18 August 2026·5044 words·24 mins· loading · loading

Replacing the Arlo Base Station with a Netgear Orbi Router

18 August 2026·7067 words·34 mins· loading · loading

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