Using Claude for home projects, Joel, Mike, and Joe discuss Home Assistant setup, self-hosting, and hands-on fault diagnosis.

Joel shares how a new home workshop changed his approach to 3D printing, why he assembled a personal radio station around his music library and cloned voice, and how Claude now handles configuration work he could do himself but does not have time for. Mike also explains how Claude helped him identify a torn diaphragm in an above-ground air pump; the repair kit still needed to be fitted at the time of recording.

They also get into:
- Three-legged versus four-legged tables
- Kids asking surprisingly difficult questions
- Proving intermittent ISP latency
- Wiring a new house for Ethernet
- Home Assistant automations and self-hosted services
- Building a neighbor’s website
- Orchestrators and a granularity gradient for software work

This is an informal project conversation, not a step-by-step repair, radio, or Home Assistant tutorial.

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0:00 Meet Joel
9:25 A home workshop and 3D printing
18:10 Three legs, four legs, and wobbly tables
25:27 Curious kids and how things work
31:03 Candy detour
39:26 Joel FM: a personal AI radio station
42:43 Proving intermittent ISP latency
45:15 Wiring a new house
47:31 Claude for Home Assistant and self-hosting
51:19 A website for a neighbor
52:35 Diagnosing an air-pump failure
56:00 An orchestrator and a granularity gradient