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Re: Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

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Post by sourc3 » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 3:08 AM UTC

This is amazing and exactly the problem we have been trying to solve with a friend. We also considered the terminal but people give up on maintenance because they forgot to buy that replacement filter, or never got a reminder when they actually had time. Also, it is not uncommon for families to divide these as chores among different family members.

I personally love the TUI but I also know that for most homeowners this is too “advanced”. This is why we built our solution as a simple web app [1]

Great project! Best of luck.

[1] www.wellrun.house

Re: Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

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Post by shakna » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #132

iguana_shine wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was once a time when tools like Microsoft Access and FileMaker Pro were common. These were a database and custom GUI designed using a drag and drop editor. I don't know whether these apps ever had network server capability or if they were always offline or why they died out. It was a bit before my time

I wonder what the state of workflow engines is these days. Back in the (distant, distant) past, everything seemed to use Lotus Notes. Today, there are oodles of workflow engines of all shapes and sizes, but asides from domain-specific stuff like Salesforce, I hardly hear anyone mention them.

Salesforce is used well beyond its domain, unfortunately. A lot of BAs love the drag 'n drop design features.

Re: Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

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Post by barbs » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 3:56 AM UTC

The constantly changing "Frequently asked/entertained/daydreamed questions" bit constantly changing keeps moving everything below it up and down and it's really annoying. I am viewing it on a particularly small phone, however.

Re: Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

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Post by atlgator » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 4:08 AM UTC

This is the kind of tool that sounds niche until you own a house for a few years and realize you have no idea when anything was last serviced. "Single SQLite file, no cloud" is the right call. My home maintenance system is currently a mix of sticky notes and regret.

Re: Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

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Post by fragmede » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 4:48 AM UTC

avarun wrote: post #148

gleenn wrote: post #62

Someone has a sense of humor in the reviews section: "I’ve been using the demo data for three weeks. I don’t own a house. — Aspiring Homeowner"

I guarantee that's an AI-written joke.

Does it make it less funny? Do you find yourself laughing, but then you get soured because although the chuckle that was made was genuine, it came about from something that was created by a computer, so we have to hate ourselves for chuckling. Is that how it works?

Re: Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

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Post by harikb » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC

iguana_shine wrote: post #128

kadrian12 wrote: post #117

This is quite cool. Makes me philosophical: isn't it odd, that this is like an Excel template? Like a "domain model" template? In this case, presented nicely in a TUI that makes basic CRUD workflows work. Most SaaS companies are just that: 1) Curated domain model (stored in their cloud db) 2) Some way for users do to almost raw CRUD on the tables 3) Curated high-level domain specific workflows that do n CRUD calls un…

There was once a time when tools like Microsoft Access and FileMaker Pro were common. These were a database and custom GUI designed using a drag and drop editor. I don't know whether these apps ever had network server capability or if they were always offline or why they died out. It was a bit before my time

I’ve lived the Microsoft Access times. The downfall of those tools was the refusal to keep the interface simple. They kept layering on features and UI cruft until they became massive apps pretending to be databases

Re: Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

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Post by saverill » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 5:22 AM UTC

Is there a way to run the SQL commands directly, or easily see summed column values? I have the AI that can run it but can't seem to find a way to sum the columns in the TUI, just running them on the file externally. Would be nice to be able to Sum columns in the program especially conditionally based on the filters that are active

Re: Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

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Post by cpcloud » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 6:11 AM UTC

avarun wrote: post #148

gleenn wrote: post #62

Someone has a sense of humor in the reviews section: "I’ve been using the demo data for three weeks. I don’t own a house. — Aspiring Homeowner"

I guarantee that's an AI-written joke.

It is.

Re: Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

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Post by cpcloud » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 6:11 AM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #165

avarun wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guarantee that's an AI-written joke.

Does it make it less funny? Do you find yourself laughing, but then you get soured because although the chuckle that was made was genuine, it came about from something that was created by a computer, so we have to hate ourselves for chuckling. Is that how it works?

Now THAT was funny.

Re: Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

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Post by cpcloud » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC

saverill wrote: post #167

Is there a way to run the SQL commands directly, or easily see summed column values? I have the AI that can run it but can't seem to find a way to sum the columns in the TUI, just running them on the file externally. Would be nice to be able to Sum columns in the program especially conditionally based on the filters that are active

Not currently a feature, but open to it!