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Acoustic Instrument Detection with Raspberry Pi and YAMNet

The Problem

My downstairs neighbor regularly plays an acoustic instrument. Not a problem in itself — but I wanted to know: When exactly and for how long? So I built a small AI project that logs this automatically.

It’s also a learning project: How do you deploy an open-source AI model on a Raspberry Pi? How do you run real-time audio classification on an edge device?

The Idea

A Raspberry Pi 4 with an I2S microphone listens continuously. As soon as an acoustic instrument is detected, the system logs:

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Claude Code Status Bar: Model, Git, Context and Cost at a Glance

Why a Custom Status Bar?

By default, Claude Code shows only basic information in its status line. With a simple Bash script, this can be significantly enhanced: model name, Git branch with staged/unstaged counters, context window usage as a progress bar, session cost and duration – all at a glance.

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My Homelab Setup: Multi-Site Infrastructure with Proxmox, Tailscale and Security Stack

In this post I’ll walk you through my current homelab setup. What started as a small tinkering project has grown into a multi-site infrastructure with two locations, two external servers and a centralized security stack.

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Installing TYPO3 v13 with Composer on Strato

Setting up TYPO3 v13 on Strato with Composer

This guide outlines the steps to install TYPO3 v13 using Composer on a Strato hosting environment. Strato’s shared hosting typically requires some specific configurations, especially for CLI tools like Composer.

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My Communication Tools and Messengers at the End of 2023

Here is an overview of the tools that I use every day in my professional or private context for communication.

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Electricity Price Increase

As of March 1, 2023, EON increased our electricity prices by 68% — from 0.23 € to 0.408 € per kWh. An analysis of options and what we did about it.

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List all AWS resources using AWS CLI

API resource groups tagging

Sometimes you need a list of all resources in your AWS account. For this use case, you can use the API operations resource groups tagging.

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Install Go on Mac with Brew

Quick guide: Install Go on Mac with Homebrew, set up your workspace and configure environment variables.

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