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nikdoof.com
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| | | | | I've operated a relatively simple Home Assistant installation for the past 3 or so years, for the longest time it comprised of a few Hue bulbs, a hub, and a very slow Optiplex FX160 running Home Assistant and a few other services. Much like any small pet project the scope creeped into its current form: 20 Hue devices 9 IKEA Tradfri devices. 3 Generic Zigbee sensors. 6 ESPHome Smart Plugs. 1 ESPHome "busylight". 2 ESPHome hacked IKEA air quality sensors. 3 Apple Home Pods (recently ousting some Echo devices). My home is quite automated. While people may think its a "Internet of Shit" for bored techies, it actually keeps us from doing dumb stuff like leaving the 3KW heater in the living room on all night. This simple automation actually pushed me to investigat... | |
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irq5.io
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| | | | | The advantage of Zigbee devices is that they are very low power, and they communicate in a wireless mesh network. The sensors are small and can work off a CR2032 coin cell for at least 2 years, maybe more. Depending on the type of sensor, they cost around US$10 and are readily available from various... | |
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brunty.me
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www.softdevtube.com
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| | | Computers are orders of magnitude faster than when most of us started programming and yet a lot of software runs much slower than it should. Nobody likes progress bars. Slow code provides for a horrible user experience, drains batteries faster, and increases our cloud bill. This session explores some of the reasons why software is | ||
