Tag: til
October2026
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OCT 03
TIL: Delay Inside the Run Is Not a Debounce
A delay inside an automation run never rechecks state. Use a for: duration on the trigger.
OCT 03
TIL: Home Assistant’s “wait 5 minutes” Doesn’t Mean “Still True After 5 Minutes”
Trigger plus delay doesn't re-check anything; two Home Assistant automations killed things in use before I moved the duration onto the trigger.
OCT 03
TIL: A Delay Without a Recheck Is Just a Timer That Lies
Two Home Assistant bugs in one week had the same shape: wait five minutes, then act without rechecking.
OCT 03
TIL: A Delay After a Trigger Is Not a Debounce
Two Home Assistant bugs in a week had the same cause: a delay after a trigger instead of a duration on the trigger.
September2026
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SEP 02
A Benchmark for Knowing You’re Wrong
A new benchmark tests whether agents notice their own memories went stale without being told, and AutoMem has never been checked against it.
March2026
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MAR 18
TIL: qdrant-client’s url= param is a footgun
qdrant-client's url= param parses inconsistently when scripting. Also: FalkorDB is the ground truth for post-reembed count drift.
MAR 02
When the Heartbeat Flatlines
A heartbeat workflow can't alert you to its own failure. You need something watching the watcher.