How I Used Claude Code to Debug My Smart Home at 2AM
The 2AM Wake-Up Call My bedroom lights decided 2AM was the perfect time to throw a rave. The automation that should have kept them off after midnight had silently failed, along with every other time-based automation in my house. Half-asleep, I reached for my phone and typed into Claude Code: “Check why my Home Assistant automations stopped working.” What followed was a masterclass in AI-assisted debugging. The Problem: Silent Database Failure Claude Code SSH’d into my Home Assistant instance and started investigating: ...