<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>xydac</title><description>Writing by Deepak Seth.</description><link>https://xydac.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Managing Home Assistant from a terminal conversation with Claude Code</title><link>https://xydac.com/blog/claude-code-home-assistant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://xydac.com/blog/claude-code-home-assistant/</guid><description>How I manage Home Assistant entirely through Claude Code: SSH access, two CLI tools wrapping the REST and WebSocket APIs, and a CLAUDE.md that teaches it my specific setup.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Building a $21 smart-home display with a Cheap Yellow Display and openHASP</title><link>https://xydac.com/blog/cyd-smart-display/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://xydac.com/blog/cyd-smart-display/</guid><description>A $21 ESP32 touchscreen, ESPHome&apos;s LVGL that refused to calibrate, and openHASP as the rescue. A weekend project that wasn&apos;t, and what I learned about running resistive-touch panels on Home Assistant.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Artificial intelligence journey with Mistral and Llama</title><link>https://xydac.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-journey-with-mistral-and-llama/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://xydac.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-journey-with-mistral-and-llama/</guid><description>Getting started with Mistral 7B via llama.cpp on Apple Silicon: cloning the repo, downloading a quantized model, running the local server, and understanding the generation parameters.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>