From digital photo frames, irrigation and (almost) his children, Daniel has automated a lot with Home Assistant and ESPHome

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Chapters
01:03 Getting started with Home Automation
02:51 Building a smart home
09:36 Partner Acceptance Rules for a Smart House
12:15 Smart Home Module Life Cycles
16:27 ESPHome
22:08 Water and Energy Monitoring
30:45 Irrigation
45:56 Reolink Cameras
54:01 Favourite Automations
58:02 Netgear Meural
01:13:03 Driving Automations
01:19:44 Home Assistant Hardware

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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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Daniel Krzyzak

First IBM 386 in 2nd grade, IT ever since (LAN parties in the 90s, working as a server and network tech during school and university, IT Management Consulting mostly for M&A situations for 15 years). Home Assistant since 2019. Living near Frankfurt / Germany with wife and two kids aged 5 and 9.

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