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AI at home, in the time you actually have.

I got tired of deciding what’s for dinner at 5pm. So I taught the AI already on my phone what’s in my freezer. It’s not magic, and it doesn’t work every week. But most weeks I don’t have to decide anymore… and everything here comes with its honest time cost on the front.

Three levels, no lock-in

Start at the top. Stop whenever it stops paying off.

Most people never leave Level 1 or 2, and that is a real answer, not a failure to progress.

Level 1 ●○○

Try it today

5 minutes, uses what you own

A question and a phone camera. No setup, no files, no account you don’t already have.

Level 2 ●●○

Keep a file

About 30 minutes, once

Save the thing that worked so you stop re-explaining your house every week.

Level 3 ●●●

Build the system

The full system, optional

Automation, with its honest maintenance cost. Only worth it if the first two stuck… and I’ll tell you when it wasn’t.

No new apps
in Level 1, ever
One phone
is the only hardware requirement
Every idea
states its trade-off up front
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What I tried, what broke, and the simple version you can copy. Written for a busy adult, not an engineer.

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Who is doing the talking

I’m Heather. I don’t even like smart gadgets.

Fifteen years in communications, a house that runs on lists, and the same twenty minutes you have. Everything on this site is something I actually do… and when a thing is not worth the trouble, I say so.

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