iRomain

Well there’s Bosch. Software wise I salute their home connect initiative which is maybe not the best UX but at least it works locally so either it is good forward thinking software engineering choices either it shows neglected software engineering practices.

Sadly AI assist is dead as of now as it received the internet hug of death

I am glad home assistant (HA) gets some exposure. I run it in a VM on a proxmox server (because I use it for other stuff), it works like a charm. If you only need HA buy the dedicated hardware they sell or buy a mini PC. For my lights and switches (via the wall module), I am 100% Philips hue which is expensive but make the best smart lights money can buy and works as expected locally even if the internet or my HA server were to go down. Beware the rabbit hole of home automation though

Great idea!

This looks really cool, will try it out!

LLM

Funnily enough I went to the article because I guessed that it would have literally formed overnight by some surface movement originating from within the moon not some external cause. And I believe my guess is as good as yours except in hindsight of course.

I wired together all the cables behind the switches in my home and covered them with smart switches

Just go with Philips Hue, you can't go wrong.

Then, when you're ready, setup home assistant but setup everything so basic functionality still works even if your server or internet went down.

My hue bulbs are at the center of this strategy with each bulb controlled by either a remote control or a hue movement detector. Hint: remote controls in rooms where you stay, sensors where you pass by or if you stay only a little while.

I can also control everything via Alexa and can't wait for the day there is a viable privacy-friendly / low-maintenance alternative (Home assistant are working on this). Again, if internet goes down, I still have the remotes/detectors so my lights always work.

Also, for any other equipment you would buy, make sure it's compatible with Matter.

I was also intrigued to see a real MRI scanner built with Legos. Also disappointed to see they only give away 600 of these. What's the total cost of this marketing campaign for Lego? $20k?

I have 200 domains at Dynadot and keep my personal/most valuable ones at Cloudflare. Dynadot has improved a lot in the past few years.

Same here

Cool for you. What about if you contribute to this one or open-source yours?

Crazy to think OP wasn’t even born when Win95 was used. Congrats on the job!