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.
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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Hosted By

Phil Hawthorne

Phil is a Melbourne based web developer who lives and breathes technology. When he's not at his day job, he’s in his home office attempting to simplify his life through complicated tech.

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Rohan Karamandi

Rohan from Toronto, Canada works in the Technology sector as an architect designing network and datacenter solutions for his customers. His passion for technology stems from there and extends to IoT and home automation

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Special Appearances By

Darren Griffin

Hi! I am the marketing website developer for the Open Home Foundation

I've always loved web and the creative freedom that comes with it from the design, implementation, animations and even adding my own easter eggs. I push designers to try new things which allows me to learn and try new techniques.

Personally, I have been a Home Assistant user since 2016, back when I was torn between that and NodeRED. It's amazing to see how far it has come and even more amazing to be now part of the team!

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Spotlight

 

Special episodes focused on various aspects of Home Assistant and Home Automation.