Inside the Open Home: Darren Griffin
Home Assistant Podcast
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Go inside the Open Home Foundation with Darren, the web developer behind Home Assistant’s sites. From keeping the various Open Home Project websites online to automating his own home, we cover a lot in this one.
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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro, sponsors, Darren’s role
00:07:12 Community contributions beyond code
00:12:30 Remote culture at Open Home
00:20:30 Privacy, cloud devices, risks
00:27:30 Digital IDs and translation dilemmas
00:33:30 Early Home Assistant days
00:38:30 Frigate, cameras, smart automations
00:48:05 NSPanel Pro door previews
00:54:30 Zigbee, Z-Wave, and locks
01:01:00 mmWave presence and zones
01:06:30 ESPHome projects and wrap-up
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