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Episode 3: Home Automations, with Fredrik Alm

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We've got Fredrik Alm, Infrastructure Architect from Sweden on, to talk about Smart Home setups.

  • Michael goes on mute, leading to widespread panic
  • DIY Dishwasher APIs
  • Everyone hates JFrog, but not as much as Mark
  • We've got Jarvis at home!
  • Don't touch the mirror
    • Smart Homes is our big topic

    Do we trust Eero? Do we trust China?

    Home experiments.
    Having guests in your smart home.

    Never Mind the AI-BuzzCocks

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    1. Confess your sins to AI Jesus
    2. Mac Mini Clusters for LLMs
    3. Fancy Bear 'Nearest Neighbour' attack
    4. Big Cisco Brother is watching you
    5. NHS gets blasted for the 3rd time this year, they're using pen and paper
    6. LinkedInfluencers are mostly AI
    7. Indonesia doesn't care about the latest iPhone, just give them the money
      8. Recommendations

      Smart Home Equipment

      • Fred recommends this Homey system, which he can't recommend enough. "It just works, but with everything"
      • Aqara Doorbell

        • Music

        • Even more Father John Misty: Mahashmashana
        • Ghosting Season

          • Blogs

          • Michael has started a blog
          • Mark's existing blog

            • Books

            • Observability Engineering, by Charity Majors, Liz Fong-Jones, George Miranda
            • The Standard for Program Management

              • Movies

              • The Platform & The Platform 2
              • The Day of the Jackal, 1973

                • Special Guest: Fredrik Alm.

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