… I already use Google Calendar despite everything I know about Google's data practices, and I own that contradiction. But Google isn't being granted agentic access, it's just storing my schedule, not doing anything with it. So how am I giving Claude control of my calendar? …
… One day, I went over to Gemini, and Google told me that there was a new feature that allowed the AI to pluck data from our past chats and use them to get a better idea about me. …
… The release notes also say the models are improved for instruction following, structured data, and JSON output, which is exactly the kind of output format that helps a smart home controller hand clean data to scripts, MQTT topics, or orchestration layers. …
… My setup: Mac as control hub, Debian as the actual homelab Two machines, one workflow My setup is fairly straightforward. My server runs on a separate machine, and the control hub runs on a separate machine. …
… Pi-hole, Cloudflared, and Omada Controller handled the network and DNS. Uptime Kuma, Beszel, and Speedtest Tracker covered monitoring and observability. The tools existed, and the data existed; the problem was getting answers from a single place. …
… But by securing them behind your tailnet, Tailscale has taken the first step to keeping your AI under your control, with a method that gives real actionable data into who, what, and when it's being used.
… Beads has a two-layer data model; after that, it simplified life by using Dolt instead of SQLite and GitHub. The CLI layer works where your agent is, supports --JSON for programmatic use, and has direct database access to the Dolt SQL server. …
… Now, with cloud-based LLMs, all this data is stored and processed on the provider's own infrastructure. These are massive data centers packed with the hardware built for this kind of workload. …
… Within seconds, Claude generates a beautifully formatted Markdown file with H2 headers, bullet points, and even Dataview-compatible metadata tags like travel or vietnam . …
… This means you stay in control without needing to be anywhere near your computer. …