Shay Byrne
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Shay Byrne
@shaybyrne.ca
Irish expat in Canada | IT Executive | Exploring smarter living through tech & @home-assistant.io | Lifelong woodworker & hands-on maker | @metallica.com fan for life 🤘 | More at www.shaybyrne.ca or www.shaynet.works
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May 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My friend asked me to restore these two pieces of maple furniture from 1942 being handed down to son. Joints were completely rebuilt with some modern techniques "Titebond 3"... Some before and after shots. Happy the way they turned out..
May 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So long since I've been in Toronto just no reason to go anymore. Except today.. 20th show tonight 🤘🤘 Great energy in the queue for the pop-up store.. #metallica #m72toronto
April 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@technotim.bsky.social set me off last Saturday with PiHole failover.. since then I've tested Unbound, PiHole, Technetium, Adguard.. finally settled on Unbound Recursive DNS with Adguard on two Ubuntu servers/docker/Portainer hosts with failover running on my Wago Edge devices #homelab #itsalwaysdns
March 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Inside this box is my wifes Cold Plunge pool. I automated it with @home-assistant.io to stop it freezing in the frozen hellscape that's Ontario. It worked flawlessly and wife approval factor is 100% Super happy with it so I'm publishing on GitHub for others to learn.. It's my first public post. 😬
February 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In another case of "It just works" finally got my hands on the long out of stock Shelly EM with 2 clamps. Small pucker moment connecting them inside a live panel but added to @home-assistant.io and the energy dashboard. Congrats see ya in 2 hrs when it's gets data.. works everytime #homeenergy #geek
January 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Isn't it exciting when you get new hardware aka QuinLED Dig Uno's, install WLED, add to @home-assistant.io and it just works first time ..everytime. I love it...

It's new project time 😆 #homeassistant #wled #intermittech #quindor #weekendhomeautomationprojects
January 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Yay it arrived.. Perfect timing for the mid holiday break from food and movies @home-assistant.io #voice #okaynabu.
December 27, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Sometimes I wish I didn't look at my @home-assistant.io dashboard in the morning. I wonder should I just create fake sensor templates for such occasions. Oh Canada winters...you suck 🥶🥶🥶😭 #homeautomation #winter
December 22, 2024 at 1:14 PM
I posted a while back that my @home-assistant.io instance runs on a Wago Edge Computer www.wago.com/global/edge-... These run home assistant like a dream and I've sourced 10 more at a significantly cheaper price than retail. US and Canada only. Interested? Ping me #homeassistant #homeautomation
December 20, 2024 at 12:25 AM
And that's a wrap.. Kinda not surprised... Picking up hard on Slipknot again. Find it relaxing in the workshop... @metallica.com will always be No1.. Another year almost done!
December 7, 2024 at 1:20 AM
I love @home-assistant.io I really do... but wall mounted dashboards are more hassle than they're worth. Random crashes and authentication fails..I'm pretty sure it's not Home Assistant but Android but diagnosing it is a real pain because it's so inconsistent. Anyone else? #homeautomationfails
December 5, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Ok let's try this again. This one is the most critical automations in my house with wife approval factor being critical! this version will be more stable, I think. Swapped the Shelly 2.5 and Uni out to a Plus2PM with the Plus AddOn and DS18B20 #homeautomation @home-assistant.io #coldplunge
November 28, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Managed to get my hands on a few Wago Edge Computers a while back
www.wago.com/global/edge-...
These things are bullet proof, run home assistant and Ubuntu like a dream, 48V, DIN mount, expandable HDD. They're the core of my home automation setup! #homeassistant #homeautomation @home-assistant.io
November 27, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Decided to try the ChatGPT trend of .. "Based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my life looks like" Certainly interesting returns and a little bit scary!
November 27, 2024 at 3:13 PM