twisla's experiments

Home automation, FreeBSD, and the occasional incident I caused myself. Written up so the next person (usually me) doesn't have to learn it the hard way.

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  1. September 2026ESPHome · Home Assistant · FreeBSD

    The Vinyl Remote

    An RFID sticker on every record, a reader gaffer-taped inside the stand, Home Assistant and a small FastAPI service in a FreeBSD jail. Set a record down and its album plays; lift it and the music stops.

  2. September 2026FreeBSD · ZFS

    I rm -rf'd my own home directory

    No snapshots, no backups, one symlink too many. How ZFS's rewind points and a read-only import at an older transaction group brought everything back, and why a polite shutdown nearly took the way back with it.