A house-sized systems experiment.
Practical systems for everyday life: home control, energy planning and fitness software, built around clear feedback and deliberate user control.
The screens behind the experiments
These privacy-safe representative views use entirely illustrative data. They show the kind of controls, energy decisions and solar analysis behind the real system without publishing household details.
Other things I have put on the web.
Burdensome was the spark. After seeing their video premiere at the cinema I finally stopped putting off my own site and built TwoWaters properly.
Websites
Public projects spanning fitness, home systems, music, professional profiles and a private multiplayer game.
burdensome.co.uk
Oppressively heavy death metal from Hertfordshire.
Larraine Birkett
Counselling, psychotherapy, EMDR and supervision.
Graham Jones
Public speaking, leadership and ceremonial music.
Last Horizon
A private, long-form multiplayer strategy game for invited friends.
Things I’m building
These are living projects, not polished products. They evolve when something breaks, when I learn something useful, or when there’s another signal, safety layer or edge case worth wiring in.
Solar + battery
Two independently tracked solar strings feed a protected 24 V battery bus, 4 kW and 3.5 kW inverter branches, and a separately controlled 40 A grid charger. Follow the hardware and the decisions behind it.
Follow the wires →Home Systems
Home Assistant connects lighting, physical controls and system monitoring. TightWatt owns charging decisions, using demand, solar forecasts, tariffs and battery checks.
Follow the signals →Two Waters Fitness
One supportive view of activity, recovery, training, practical meal planning and a serious climbing journal—built around Apple Health and optional self-hosted data.
Explore the app →A galaxy that unfolds over days, weeks or months.
Create a private universe, share the invite code with friends and compete through mining, research, fleet deployment and persistent battles. The game is designed for invited friends using Microsoft sign-in.
Making the system more useful, not just more complicated.
The workbench connects physical controls, clearer energy decisions and useful feedback. The examples on this site explain the design without publishing private household readings.
TightWattSeparating an energy plan from protection checks and measured charging.
Office control panelWorkspace modes and saved lighting through a twelve-button interface.
System healthTelling service availability apart from stale incoming data.
Built for curiosity.
I work in IT, but this site is deliberately about the things I build for myself: hardware that earns its keep, software that solves small problems, and data that makes the whole setup a little easier to understand.