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I'm working on a small KOReader (an open-source ebook reader software) plugin that lets you control Home Assistant entities without leaving your current book.

I've been working on it for almost a year now. I started out adding lots of features, but over time I've become more interested in keeping things simple, improving the code and avoiding unnecessary complexity.

https://github.com/moritz-john/homeassistant.koplugin

I would be very interested in testing the Home Assistant version!

Recently I created a KOReader plugin that let's your control Home Assistant entities from an ebook reader and I am still missing something for my Mac.

Hello HN, I spent way too much time on this project.

First I tried (and failed) to get the printer working through CUPS, but learned a lot about ESC/POS commands and printers.

Once my Apple Shortcut worked, I wanted extras like:

- automatic dates on receipts

- a "checkbox" before each item

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Then I went down another rabbit hole: setting up a blog.

I obsessed over which static site generator and template to use, spent a week tweaking, then scrapped it all.

In the end I realized the content matters more, so I just left the template alone.