Things I build, break, fix, and write about

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Daily security advisory summary for 20 Apr 2026

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Privacy-first car telemetry: monitoring EV charging over

I took a glossy EV launch page and turned the useful bits into a Home Assistant MQTT car charging dashboard, then spent most of the time fighting the...

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Security Advisory – 19 Apr 2026

Daily security advisory summary for 19 Apr 2026

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