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Marco Mornati

Software engineer · Self-hoster · AI & OSS enthusiast

190 posts
Writing since 2008
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U05 active Jev & System One Decision models that judge my Home Assistant automations and route each prompt to the right LLM. Clef-flash vs Jev: Cloudflare's Open Decision Model on a 16 GB MacBook 5 postssmart-home
  1. Clef-flash vs Jev: Cloudflare's Open Decision Model on a 16 GB MacBook11′
  2. Laya vs Jev, Ten Days Later: New Rivals, a Fine-Tune on My MacBook, and a Reality Check in Home Assistant21′
  3. Jev in Home Assistant, Take Two: History, Feedback, and Why I Didn't Go Local11′
  4. Jev in Home Assistant: Letting a Decision Model Make the Judgement Calls23′
  5. system-one-router: Letting a "System One" Model Pick the Right LLM for Every Prompt20′

Project page Repository

U06 active ai-running-coach AI agents that plan and review my trail-running training from Garmin data. ai-running-coach, Five Days Later: a Chat, a Gear Locker, a GPS Map and a Video Series 3 postsai-coding-agents
  1. ai-running-coach, Five Days Later: a Chat, a Gear Locker, a GPS Map and a Video Series15′
  2. ai-running-coach, Nine Days Later: a Dashboard, 20+ Metrics and a Coach in My Pocket14′
  3. Preparing an Ultra-Trail with ai-running-coach: From Planning to the Finish Line10′

Project page Repository

U07 active gphoto2proton & proton-faces Moving 354 GB of Google Photos to Proton, then searching them by face locally. Searching Proton Photos like it's Google Photos: how I built proton-faces 2 postsprogramming
  1. Searching Proton Photos like it's Google Photos: how I built proton-faces18′
  2. How I built gphoto2proton to migrate 354GB of Google Photos to Proton 7′

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U08 active Solar & home energy Measured solar production, the water heater that follows it, and whether any of it pays off. The Smart Water Heater, 4 Years Later: Solar + Off-Peak Orchestration (v2) 3 postssolar-energy
  1. The Smart Water Heater, 4 Years Later: Solar + Off-Peak Orchestration (v2)11′
  2. Two Years of Solar: The Real Numbers, the Real ROI16′
  3. Smart Water Heater with Home Assistant and Shelly device3′

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U09 active leanproxy-mcp A token firewall for MCP that keeps the input context flat and secrets out of prompts. Your MCP Input Context: Which IDEs Lazy-Load and How LeanProxy Keeps It Flat 2 postsai-coding-agents
  1. Your MCP Input Context: Which IDEs Lazy-Load and How LeanProxy Keeps It Flat11′
  2. The Hidden Tax on Every AI Request: How MCP Servers Are Draining Your Token categories: - ai-coding-agents Budget7′

Project page Repository

U10 active Self-hosted Arlo Arlo cameras running without Arlo's cloud, on my own base station and Home Assistant. Arlo Base Station Deep Dive: Battery Drain, Sniffed Data, and Router Config 5 postssmart-home
  1. Arlo Base Station Deep Dive: Battery Drain, Sniffed Data, and Router Config17′
  2. Fixing Arlo Camera Battery Life at the WiFi Layer13′
  3. Integrating Your Self-Hosted Arlo Stack with Home Assistant: Sensors, Automations and the Lovelace Dashboard33′
  4. Self-Hosting Arlo on Your Own Server: Stack, Patches and Lessons Learned24′
  5. Replacing the Arlo Base Station with a Netgear Orbi Router34′

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U11 quiet nexus-dev A local RAG and MCP gateway that gives coding agents memory without the token bill. The Future of Agentic Tooling: MCP Servers vs. CLI A Data-Driven Comparison 5 postsai-coding-agents
  1. The Future of Agentic Tooling: MCP Servers vs. CLI A Data-Driven Comparison19′
  2. How RAG Can Cut Your AI Coding Costs by 80%7′
  3. From Tools to Agents: The Evolution of Nexus-Dev6′
  4. Solving the MCP Tool Explosion: A Gateway Approach for AI Coding Agents5′
  5. Stop Repeating Yourself to AI: How I Built a Local RAG System for Coding Assistants5′

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U12 quiet Hitachi CSNet for Home Assistant A Home Assistant integration for Hitachi heat pumps, reverse-engineered from the cloud API. Reverse-Engineering Hitachi's Cloud API with AI: From Browser DevTools to categories: - smart-home - ai-coding-agents a Full Home Assistant Integration 3 postssmart-home
  1. Reverse-Engineering Hitachi's Cloud API with AI: From Browser DevTools to categories: - smart-home - ai-coding-agents a Full Home Assistant Integration11′
  2. Reverse-Engineering Hitachi's Cloud API with AI: From Browser DevTools to categories: - smart-home - ai-coding-agents a Full Home Assistant Integration12′
  3. Seamlessly Automate Your Home with Hitachi Devices: A Custom Home Assistant categories: - smart-home Integration3′

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U13 quiet Cyber Code Academy A learning platform built by vibe coding, then deployed, hardened and pen-tested. Vibe Coding Custom Penetration Tests: When AI Becomes Your Security Partner 5 postsai-coding-agents
  1. Vibe Coding Custom Penetration Tests: When AI Becomes Your Security Partner8′
  2. Securing Python Code Execution: How We Protected Our Server from Untrusted categories: - programming - devops Code11′
  3. Behind the Scenes: The Admin Section of Cyber Code Academy11′
  4. Achieving Zero-Downtime Deployments on Coolify: A Journey from Monolith to Decoupled Architecture28′
  5. Building Cyber Code Academy: A "Pure Vibe Coding" Experiment4′

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  1. Laya vs Jev, Ten Days Later: New Rivals, a Fine-Tune on My MacBook, and a Reality Check in Home Assistant AI & AI Coding Agents 21′
  2. ai-running-coach, Five Days Later: a Chat, a Gear Locker, a GPS Map and a Video Series AI & AI Coding Agents 15′
  3. ai-running-coach, Nine Days Later: a Dashboard, 20+ Metrics and a Coach in My Pocket AI & AI Coding Agents 14′
  4. Jev in Home Assistant, Take Two: History, Feedback, and Why I Didn't Go Local Smart Home & Home Assistant 11′
  5. Jev in Home Assistant: Letting a Decision Model Make the Judgement Calls Smart Home & Home Assistant 23′
  6. system-one-router: Letting a "System One" Model Pick the Right LLM for Every Prompt AI & AI Coding Agents 20′
  7. Preparing an Ultra-Trail with ai-running-coach: From Planning to the Finish Line AI & AI Coding Agents 10′
  8. Searching Proton Photos like it's Google Photos: how I built proton-faces Programming & Software Engineering 18′
  9. The Sump Pump in the Spotlight: Monitoring Hidden Infrastructure with Home Assistant Smart Home & Home Assistant 13′
  10. The Smart Water Heater, 4 Years Later: Solar + Off-Peak Orchestration (v2) Smart Home & Home Assistant 11′
  11. Your MCP Input Context: Which IDEs Lazy-Load and How LeanProxy Keeps It Flat AI & AI Coding Agents 11′
  12. Arlo Base Station Deep Dive: Battery Drain, Sniffed Data, and Router Config Smart Home & Home Assistant 17′