// 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.
Executive Manager of Basically Everything, Really. My personal AI command center: it routes work to Flames (Focused Lane, Actually Making Everything), which spin up Sparks (Single Purpose Agent, Reports, Kaput), 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."