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406

Account age

3 yrs

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So, Luke @dozigden and I did a thing yesterday...
We got married! ❤️
After ten years together I’m proud to call him my husband and looking forward to our future together.

44 views So, Luke @dozigden and I did a thing yesterday... We got married! ❤️ After ten years together I’m proud to call him my husband and looking forward to our future together.

My work on a better simple plant watering integration for #HomeAssistant has been in local production testing for a while, and seems to be doing the job.
Decided moisture is the only thing that is accurate enough, and that I care about, so that's been my focus.
Strong influences from Battery Notes on some of this, especially the moisture+ sensor giving all the data you need for a dashboard card.

14 views My work on a better simple plant watering integration for #HomeAssistant has been in local production testing for a while, and seems to be doing the job. Decided moisture is the only thing that is accurate enough, and that I care about, so that's been my focus. Strong influences from Battery Notes on some of this, especially the moisture+ sensor giving all the data you need for a dashboard card.

RF components arrived from @thepihut to start experimenting with the new stuff added/coming in #HomeAssistant
More interested in the receiver at the moment so it will be ESPHome only first.

10 views RF components arrived from @thepihut to start experimenting with the new stuff added/coming in #HomeAssistant More interested in the receiver at the moment so it will be ESPHome only first.

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

2.5%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: So, Luke @dozigden and I did a thing yesterday... We got married · 44 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

1.2 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

2.2×

Follows 184 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post So, Luke @dozigden and I did a thing yesterday... We got married! ❤️ After ten years together I’m proud to call him my husband and looking forward to our future together. ★ 44

Very interesting that WAGO are getting into matter/thread relays. 46mm square and 22mm deep seems to be the average dimensions, a little bigger than Shelly's so not sure if they'll fit behind a UK light switch. Don't seem to be generally a… ★ 7 FFS, 7digital broke their downloads in Safari. Switch to Chrome and it downloaded. Qobuz works with my default browser and looks better so think I'll be using that in future. ★ 1 Gave qobuz a try on purchasing a Hot Chip album I've wanted, seems to work and far better search/ui than others. Will open a dispute with PayPal if 7digital doesn't respond, resorted to Spotify to listening to the Hard-Fi one as I'm not bu… Does anyone have recommendations for a UK site to legally purchase and download music in FLAC format? 7Digital took my money today but all downloads fail so waiting on support. Juno Download have shut down, but you can download your previo… ★ 1 It was inevitable but had my first vibe coded PR for an unsolicited feature. Plenty of em dashes giving it away and just hadn’t been thought through. I got chat gpt to create me a bland no thanks response, avoiding me remotely prompting … ★ 1

My work on a better simple plant watering integration for #HomeAssistant has been in local production testing for a while, and seems to be doing the job. Decided moisture is the only thing that is accurate enough, and that I care about, so… ★ 14 Just collected my car after a routine service and all my preferences were reset. Assuming a software update I spent ages getting everything the way I liked it again, only to discover they’d switched to the guest profile. My settings were… ★ 3 Had a running toilet cistern wasting water recently. It took a few days to notice because the noise was masked by an extractor fan. The Anglian Water integration in #HomeAssistant is about 24 hours behind, so I created an automation that c… ★ 6 Had to edit my #HomeAssistant yaml and reload for tweaking a plant monitor moisture threshold again. I've been patiently waiting for the core integration to get updated but its frozen waiting for an architecture decision for 2 years now. … ★ 4

RF components arrived from @thepihut to start experimenting with the new stuff added/coming in #HomeAssistant More interested in the receiver at the moment so it will be ESPHome only first. ★ 10 A few hours work and I scratched an itch. The ability to add a battery note to a dumb device to track what battery it uses and when it was changed in #HomeAssistant. Just add the device name, some optional device details and then go add y… ★ 15

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mastodon.online

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On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 10 views per post.

📤Posts about 1.2× per week.

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Estimated

89/100

Excellent Credibility score

99%

Real Real audience

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High Data confidence

Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Strong engagement (~2.5% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

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About

Live in Ipswich, Suffolk in the UK, married to @dozigden I’m an IT architect by day but I don’t post about work stuff, mainly work from home but occasionally in London Creator of Battery Notes for Home Assistant, core integration owner for Mealie, Mastodon, and Transmission and maintainer of some more niche custom integrations. In my free time, in no particular order I am interested in #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #3dPrinting #macOS #lego  #food #cooking #diy #gardening