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The series
Written 26 Oct 2026Last checked 26 Oct 2026Stage Working
Each series is one line of enquiry about the same house, told in order.
The energy story · 8 posts
Own The Peak
Electrifying a 1990s brick-veneer house, filling the roof with solar, adding a battery, and finding the value was in the data and the control logic.
Tariff strategy · 7 posts
The Switching Question
For a solar-and-battery household, "which plan is cheapest?" is the wrong question.
Data discoveries · 3 posts
What the House Knows
Cheap sensors and the habit of keeping the data turn a suburban house into something you can interrogate.
How the work gets done · 6 of 7 posts
The AI Co-Pilot
How one person runs a complex home energy project with an AI co-pilot.
Part 6The Stack
Local AI at home · 4 of 6 posts
Making AI Work on Linux
Recycled office PCs, a mini PC and a graphics card: built and benchmarked, not yet in daily use, and the work of putting local AI to real jobs on this site.
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Own Your Data
ComingFive data-breach letters, and one household working out, with evidence rather than worry, where its information lives and what stays exposed.