Did They Finish

Tracking every home technology project we said we would finish, one episode at a time.

Longest-running unfinished project: Apollo M1 Plane Screen, 18 weeks and counting

Scoreboard

Gavin Campbell

67%

Finish rate

2 of 3 finished

TJ Huddleston

50%

Finish rate

1 of 2 finished

1 abandoned project

Seth Johnson

40%

Finish rate

2 of 5 finished

1 ongoing project

Projects List

Status Host

12 projects: 5 unfinished, 5 finished, 1 ongoing, 1 abandoned

Apollo M1 Plane Screen

Stalled

Seth Johnson

Started #573 18 weeks open 15 episodes ago

Front Yard Conversion

In progress

TJ Huddleston

When you intentionally make your front yard look like a giant mattress in the hopes that one day you'll be able to feed a few more bees and butterflies.

Started #581 last mentioned #588 9 weeks open

Build a Large Format CNC

In progress

Seth Johnson

Haven't you always wanted a CNC? Do you want to make one out of 4,000 small parts? Seth takes on the challenge of the Maslow 4.1 CNC kit!

Started #584 5 weeks open 4 episodes ago

Gavin's Outdoor Speakers

Announced

Gavin Campbell

Gavin bought a Sonos amp for his pool, now he just needs the speakers.

Started #584 5 weeks open 4 episodes ago

ESP32 CCT Sensor

Stalled

Seth Johnson

A CCT sensor that turns your warm dim lights to the same temperature as outside because YOLO-ing it with a simple table with the time of day is too easy.

Not mentioned on the show yet

Mastodon Mod-Bot

Ongoing

Seth Johnson

Bots got in to the Mastodon server, and a bot will keep them out.

Started #586 last mentioned #588 3 weeks open

Patching the Wall(s)

Finished

Gavin Campbell

When visiting, TJ made a bunch of holes in Gavin's walls to install a doorbell. Then he left the country. Now Gavin has to fix it.

Started #574 last mentioned #588 Ran 14 weeks Finished in #587

Dump the myQ

Finished

Gavin Campbell

Gavin bought a new car and now he has to pay to open his garage door. Automating his way out of this one is going to be fun.

Started #584 last mentioned #588 Ran 5 weeks Finished in #588

Hot Dog Switch – The Game!

Finished

Seth Johnson

21 unlabeled switches. One electrician who stopped answering his phone. Find the combination, get the all the lights on, before the first customer arrives. Inspired by a real-life Reddit post.

Started #587 Ran under a week Finished in #587

MTX-MIDI Control

Finished

Seth Johnson

Do you have a $70 Korg nanoKONTROL 2? Do you also have a $3,500 Yamaha MTX5-D matrix mixer? Seth's vibe coding made them work together with a native Swift macOS app.

Started #587 Ran under a week Finished in #587

Big Deck

Finished

TJ Huddleston

TJ needed a deck to enjoy his backyard. He made one.

Not mentioned on the show yet Finished in #580

TJ's Toxic Shed

Abandoned

TJ Huddleston

TJ had a nice shed. But then he added a resin printer to make sick-ass 3D printed dragons figurines. Now, it's not safe.

Started #582