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This summer I tried spearfishing for the second season.
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Don't judge too quickly. The fish can sleep safely. I am not a big threat.
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- mask
- snorkel
- spear gun
- fins
- belt
- knife
- signal buoy with a flag above me, because that is the law
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The only thing I did not have was a wetsuit.
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So I used what I had: a blue UV-resistant shirt and red or green shorts.
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Also, apparently, very stupid.
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Most of the fish were gone long before I came close enough to shoot. So I was mainly swimming around with a spear gun and a big orange buoy above me, feeling like Poseidon from AliExpress.
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Then one day I met a real spearfishing pro.
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He had the full black wetsuit. He had over 10 years of experience. And he had this long spear with three spikes at the tip, like Neptune himself decided to enter the chat.
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He also used a spear gun from time to time, but mainly he used the long spear to find and hunt octopus.
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"I cannot approach the fish at all. They run away before I even get close."
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He looked at me and basically said:
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"Don't wonder. You look like a traffic light. Blue shirt, red shorts, shorts flying around, everything moving. You look bigger and scarier to the fish. Try dark gray or black, and use something tight to your legs."
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No magic.
No secret course.
No underwater motivational quote.
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Just one obvious thing from a person who already knew.
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I changed the blue shirt to a black one I already had, but never thought to use. I changed the loose shorts to ones that stayed tight to my legs.
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And suddenly the fish were not so scared anymore.
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I missed more than 15 big fish that day.
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That is another problem and probably another email.
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But the important part is this: for the first time I had to fire, reload, fire, reload, fire, reload. All the time.
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Before that, the fish were gone before I even had a chance.
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One really small fish even bit the bands of my spear gun.
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That never happened before. Usually all the fish were already in another postcode.
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And this is exactly why I like having mentors, pros, and people who already did the thing.
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They can tell you something that is painfully obvious to them, but completely hidden from you.
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Of course, they cannot swim for you.
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Persistence is still on you.
Execution is still on you.
Missing the fish 15 times is also, sadly, on you.
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But one good hint can save you weeks of doing the wrong thing with more confidence.
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That is also the story behind my new Ollama-HA video.
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Ollama in Home Assistant is not only about installing one app and saying "AI" a lot.
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The useful part is knowing the right path:
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- when to use a small local model
- when cloud models make more sense
- how to connect Ollama to Home Assistant
- how to use Conversation Agents safely
- how to use AI Tasks for real automations
- why backups and exposed entities matter before you let AI near your smart home
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I made the video because I already hit many of the annoying parts.
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I built the app.
I used it in my own house.
I broke things.
I fixed things.
I learned which settings matter and which ones just look important.
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So if you want to add Ollama to Home Assistant without swimming around like a blue and red traffic light, watch the video here:
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And if you want to help the channel, watch it until the end.
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If you are not interested in AI inside Home Assistant, skip it completely. I will survive. The fish survived me too.
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By the way, I also have a physical book called Home Assistant AI Recipes.
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The book is free plus shipping, and it is about practical AI ideas for Home Assistant that you can copy, adapt, and actually use.
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