# Blake Niemyjski

> Blake Niemyjski's personal site and blog about software architecture, open source, observability, agentic development, home automation, and the lessons learned while building useful things.

This is a long-running personal blog. Most useful content lives in the blog archive, category pages, and RSS feeds. Prefer canonical HTML pages for exact titles, dates, and source links.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://blakeniemyjski.com/): Overview, personal introduction, and recent posts.
- [About](https://blakeniemyjski.com/about/): Blake's background, current work, and project context.
- [Blog archive](https://blakeniemyjski.com/blog/): Paginated archive of published posts.
- [RSS feed](https://blakeniemyjski.com/rss.xml): Recent posts in RSS format.
- [Sitemap](https://blakeniemyjski.com/sitemap-index.xml): Indexable URLs for the site.

## Topics

- [Home Automation](https://blakeniemyjski.com/categories/home-automation/): Smart home, Home Assistant, ESPHome, Node-RED, accessibility, and hardware projects.
- [Programming](https://blakeniemyjski.com/categories/programming/): Software architecture, .NET, developer tools, open source, and agentic development.
- [Reviews](https://blakeniemyjski.com/categories/review/): Product and technology reviews based on hands-on experience.
- [Public Speaking](https://blakeniemyjski.com/categories/public-speaking/): Talks, conferences, user groups, and community events.

## Optional

- [GitHub](https://github.com/niemyjski): Open source projects and code.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/niemyjski/): Professional profile.
- [X](https://x.com/blaken): Public updates and conversations.