Chris' Externalized Inner Monologue - post-mortemZola2026-04-17T00:00:00+00:00https://chris.ortner-moises.com/tags/post-mortem/atom.xmlPost mortem: vendor-agnostic non-invasive washing machine monitoring2026-04-17T00:00:00+00:002026-04-17T00:00:00+00:00
Chris Ortner-Moises
https://chris.ortner-moises.com/writing/washing-machine-monitoring/<p>The washing machine ETA is a lie.</p>
<p>Everyone agrees, nobody has solutions.
No, a washing machine that needs WiFi to do its work is not a solution, just a larger collection of points of failure.</p>
<p>I wanted something that works with any basic, repairable washing machine, and doesn’t void the warranty.
So, attaching to traces on the PCB wasn’t an option.</p>
<p>In the end, the computer vision route worked pretty well until the ESPCam I used for it died.
That’s why this is a post mortem.</p>