Darren's Home Assistant journey since 2016

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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