Realized I’m not really interested in #HomeAssistant anymore. I’m tired of maintaining it and trying to make a new “perfect” dashboard once in several months just to realize I can do better with other set of custom cards and scripts… Looks like it’s not my hobby anymore. I want something rock solid like #SynologyNAS, for example. I’m happy with #PhilipsHue lights because it doesn’t require to carefully read release notes of every update. It just works.
I’m planning to try #AppleHome and #HomeBridge.

Thanks @pax0707!

We're still definitely at the gaffer tape, bendy mirrors, and magic smoke stage of making #smarthome tech behave in any sane way for people who aren't terminally tech-oriented

About half of everything works just fine, and the other half requires wiring a heap of potentially unreliable open-source projects together behind the scenes.

Add on to that an attempt at de- #shittification by removing various Google owned devices and services and it's extra fun.

Right now, our smart home stack consists of Home Assistant, #HomeKit (Apple) with #HomeBridge supplying some services, legacy Google/Nest things and devices from a couple of key vendors and a handful-and-a-half of others with one or two devices. .

I'm happy to faff about with this stuff in my spare time to make things work, but making something useful and usable for a person with multiple disabilities who relies on a voice assistant and a partner who doesn't have the bandwidth to play around in #HomeAssistant isn't straightforward by any means.

aw man i have to use some #hass #ratgo integration to restore my fancy Garage Door Opener hax because the MyQ plugin doesn't work because #Liftmaster / #chamberlain shut down their API. it's a good thing i didn't buy this thing knowing i could integrate it.

now i'm supposed to download a firmware image for the ESP control board in the g-ddamned panel on the wall in the garage? i'm not even sure i'm following this README correctly!

Synology DS223j NAS

https://thescurvydawg.com/2025/02/08/synology-ds223j-nas-review/

Does Home Assistant allow you to add devices controlled by it to the iOS Apple Home/HomeKit app, perhaps in a similar way to HomeBridge? If so, is that full-featured (such as letting you set light color, intensity, etc (assuming those features are supported on Home Assistant for that device, ofc))?

Why #homeassistant over #homebridge? (We’re an all apple house)

Hey #DIY #HomeSecurity folks!

We have a few #Nooie #security #camera in our home to keep an eye on our cat when we’re out of town, but they are pretty awful. I want to replace them but don’t like the idea of another company e.g. #Ring having eyes inside our home, so I’m soliciting input for #opensource #selfhosted options.

I’ve some experience w/ #raspberrypi & #HomeBridge, & I’m a novice #Python user though I expect to build on that in the coming months w/ school.

Please & thank you!

alright wtf did i do to you devices?! why are none of you doing your job?! #iot #homekit #householdIT

#homebridge please don't be the root cause

#HomeLab update!

I'm pretty comfy with what I've created for myself, but in a long run I have no idea how those YouTubers are able to milk the hell of this for so long...

I must say I've got pretty comfortable with #Docker and containers. It's like updating an operating system while keeping your settings and apps. Easy and mostly painless.

I just update #UptimeKuma, #HomeBridge, #Transmission, #AdGuardHome, #Plex and #HomeAssistant and it all works fine!

Guys... the 2008 iMac may be approaching its limits with #Mastodon, #Pixelfed #Wview Weather Server, #HomeBridge, periodic #FFMpeg timelapse scripts and 4 live #NGINX streams.

I am also upgrading it to #Bookworm and #Mastodon v4.3

While posting to you all…. and deleting a small bout of Spam.

GO little #footimac GO!!

Something is really weird with #HomeKit and my #Hue thermometers.

Even weirder, I was able to do it fine with a separate Hue sensor. I haven't dared edit it to see if it still works. And sometimes the summary description is accurate and sometimes it's wrong.

I wonder if it's a #Homebridge issue, or C to F conversion. Controller shows that the list of valid values are mot whole numbers, so maybe it's only allowing values that round the same in both apps. But then why is one device working but not the other?

LT Anyone using any #homekit #automation tricks for monitoring laundry equipment? I want to trigger lighting scenes instead of push notifications. I'm willing to buy sensors, but I'd like to avoid having to run any #homeassistant, #homebridge, etc. servers just for this.

Every illness is a great time to update home IT infrastructure! So far I’ve taken care of:
- #RaspberryPi OS on my home “server”
- #Docker
- #HomeBridge Docker container
- HomeBridge plugins
- #Cockpit web console
- Cockpit Docker plugin

Every step reminded me why I dislike open source so much. I had to update everything, because every time I’ve touched something another thing broke… If done once every half a year by an amateur it becomes an inconvenience and a mess…