Mads Kristensen

A blog about everything technology.

September 2026

2 articles published in September 2026

  1. Why I built Home Automation Cookbook, and how I keep it useful

    · 7 min read

    Home Automation Cookbook turns the lessons from years of living with a smart home into platform-neutral recipes. Here is why I created it, how the open-source Jekyll site is organized, and the principles I use to keep every automation useful for the whole household.

  2. Solution Colors: Telling Visual Studio Windows Apart at a Glance

    · 4 min read

    Solution Colors gives each Visual Studio solution a visual identity. Behind the color picker are useful lessons about shell customization, branch-aware settings, and keeping decorative UI from interfering with the IDE.