Automation engine
Home Assistant
Handles the specialist work of connecting devices, sensors, protocols, rules, events and automations.
- Devices
- Sensors
- Rules
- Events
- Automations
- Protocol integrations
Studio KRiX · Lakaz
A simpler way to
run the household.
Lakaz is an evolving household operations platform designed to bring tasks, routines, reminders, alerts and selected connected-system information into one clear experience.
A household problem
The problem Lakaz is trying to solve
Modern homes can have plenty of smart devices while still being difficult to manage.
Tasks live in one app.
Automation lives in another.
Network status lives elsewhere.
Reminders are scattered.
Maintenance gets forgotten.
Important alerts compete with noise.
Lakaz explores what happens when the household becomes the centre of the interface instead of the devices.
What Lakaz is
One household layer
Lakaz is the human-facing layer for everyday household operations. It is designed to support a shared experience while its integrations continue to evolve.
Each capability shown here is a product direction. Some depend on planned or future integration with specialist systems.
- Shared household tasks
- Routines
- Maintenance reminders
- Device status
- Important alerts
- Household events
- Energy summaries
- Network-health summaries
- Automation status
- Door and camera notifications
- Shared notes
- Recurring responsibilities
A complementary layer
Specialist systems manage devices.
Lakaz helps manage the household.
Lakaz is not another replacement for specialist systems. It is the layer that helps make those systems useful to the household.
Network & security
UniFi
Handles network infrastructure, cameras, access, device health and the underlying connected environment.
- Network
- Cameras
- Access
- Device health
- Infrastructure
Household operations
Lakaz
Is designed to translate selected information into useful household context, without replacing specialist systems.
- Household context
- Tasks
- Routines
- Reminders
- Selected alerts
- Human-facing summaries
- Shared actions
Product direction
Six connected pillars
A focused framework for turning fragmented household information into useful, human-scale actions.
Household
Designed to support shared tasks, responsibilities, notes, routines and household events in one approachable view.
- Tasks
- Shared responsibilities
- Notes
- Routines
- Household events
Maintenance
Evolving toward practical reminders and service-history concepts that make routine home upkeep easier to remember.
- Recurring maintenance
- Service history concepts
- Filter, battery and replacement reminders
Connected home
Planned integrations can eventually surface important automation, device, door, camera and network-health information.
- Automation status
- Device summaries
- Selected notifications
- Network-health summaries
Energy
Future capability could turn household consumption, EV charging, solar and battery information into simple context.
- Consumption overview
- EV charging concepts
- Solar and battery concepts
- High-load awareness
Notifications
A direction for fewer noisy system messages and more prioritised, actionable household information.
- Prioritised alerts
- Useful context
- Clear next actions
Shared experience
Designed around multiple household members, clear task ownership, simple visibility and easy manual control.
- Multiple people
- Clear ownership
- Simple visibility
- Manual control
Product experience
A calm view of the day
The interface concept prioritises what people need to know and do. It avoids control-room density, fake live data and device-by-device noise.
Today
- Put bins out
- Replace water filter
- Laundry cycle finished
Home
- 2 people home
- Front door closed
- Climate comfortable
Systems
- Network healthy
- Automation running
- No important alerts
Energy
- EV charging scheduled
- Household load normal
System thinking
The household stays at the top
Lakaz is conceived as a clear experience above an integration layer and the specialist platforms that already do their jobs well.
Devices & services
- Sensors
- Lighting
- Climate
- Energy
- Network
- Cameras
- Calendars
- Tasks
Specialist platforms
- Home Assistant
- UniFi
- APIs
- Local integrations
- Cloud services where appropriate
Lakaz integration layer
- Normalisation
- Household context
- Rules
- Prioritisation
Lakaz experience
- Tasks
- Alerts
- Status
- Routines
- Actions
Household
- Simple information
- Shared responsibility
- Useful automation
Design philosophy
Technology should disappear into the background.
Lakaz should not feel like a control room. It should make ordinary household questions easier to answer.
- What needs doing?
- Is anything important happening?
- Is the home okay?
- Who is responsible for what?
- Is there anything I should know?
Privacy & security
Built around privacy
Lakaz's product direction starts with restrained access and private-by-default household information. These are design principles, not claims about unfinished implementation.
- Local-first where practical
- Minimal data collection
- Least privilege
- Secure authentication
- Segmented integrations
- No unnecessary public exposure
- Clear permissions
- Auditability
- Backups
- Manual fallback
- Household data stays private by default