// a tinkerer's paradise
Hi, I'm Zach. I build things that save me time, then show you how.
AI assistants, home automation, and little tools that run my house while I sleep. Everything here is a personal build, with full guides so you can make your own.
On the workbench
E.M.B.E.R.
My personal AI command center. One chat routes work out to topic chats, scheduled jobs and hooks, and answers out loud through a local voice model and a VTuber avatar.
Plex robot librarian
A nightly job that sorts finished downloads into my Plex and Audiobookshelf libraries, renames everything properly and cleans up the junk.
Couch Queue
My own little Netflix algorithm: a nightly page of movie and TV picks based on what we actually like.
Sale Watch
Watches prices on stuff I want and tells me when it actually drops.
Text spam STOP
My phone fights back. Spam texts get an automatic STOP so I never have to.
Inbox sweep
Reads my texts and email a few times a day and puts real plans on my calendar.
Latest
A raccoon in a tiny chef hat
"one (1) nugget please. for science."