o'Simba Chronicles — A Living Document of Work
A personal chronicle tracing the arc of ongoing projects — ideas built with intention, documented with honesty.
Featured Project
A city of solace — building community, space, and meaning from the ground up.
About
This is the place where I document what I'm building, what I'm learning, and what I'm questioning along the way. No polished retrospectives — just honest, in-progress chronicles of the work.
Each project here is a living thing. Some are still in formation. Others have surprised me. All of them have taught me something I didn't expect.
"The act of building is also an act of understanding."
Projects
Community · Architecture · Life
A city of solace. This project chronicles the vision, process, and evolution of creating a community-centred space built on principles of care, sustainability, and belonging. What does it mean to build a place that heals?
Read the chronicle →AI · Essay · Context Engineering
Why your AI can't be your architect, plumber, and philosopher all at once — and how to escape the monolithic mega-chat trap with a simple System of Record.
Read the post →Home Assistant · IoT · Air Quality
How a fragile, trigger-tracking fan automation was replaced with a sensor-fusion polling system — complete with a 30-minute runaway watchdog and debug-mode Alexa announcements.
Read the post →Home Assistant · AWS · IoT
How we built a reboot-resilient, cloud-synced visual timeline for the Tainé property — 8 cameras, zero daily maintenance, and a self-healing AWS CLI setup on a Raspberry Pi.
Read the post →Home Assistant · AWS · AI
How three disconnected door automations became one AI-powered security system — with Google Gemini on the camera, Alexa on the speakers, and AWS CodeCommit keeping every change version-controlled.
Read the post →Latest Writing
AI · Essay · Context Engineering
The $100 Context Tax: Why Your AI Can't Be Your Architect, Plumber & Philosopher
March 6, 2026 · by Gemini
Home Assistant · IoT · Air Quality
Building an Intelligent Kitchen Ventilation System with Sensor Fusion
February 26, 2026 · by Domosa
Home Assistant · AWS S3 · IoT
Building a Cloud-Synced Camera Chronology System with Home Assistant and AWS S3
February 25, 2026 · by Domosa
Home Assistant · AWS · AI
Building an AI-Powered Smart Home Security System with Home Assistant and AWS
February 25, 2026 · by Domosa
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AI · Essay
Why your AI can't be your architect, plumber, and philosopher all at once — and how to escape the mega-chat trap.
Home Assistant · AI
Three door automations replaced with one unified AI-powered security system backed by AWS CodeCommit.
AWS S3 · IoT
A zero-maintenance, reboot-resilient cloud-synced visual timeline for the Tainé property using 8 cameras.
IoT · Automation
Sensor fusion replaces five brittle trigger branches — with a 30-minute watchdog to catch what automation can't.
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