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accumulator | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 If it requires a separate app, I won't buy it (except maybe for initial setup, or cloud auth, which unfortunately some devices require).

So far, using home assistant as a single point of control works pretty well.
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laanwj | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 oh home assistant looks kinda neat !
i currently just hacked my own app together (using godot and a websockets backend) to control lights etc, which was fun as a learning project but is also a hassle to maintain 😀
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provoost | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Big Home Assistant fan here! And it's made by a Dutch guy :-)

Easiest to run it on a dedicated Linux box somewhere, because it's a bit of a Docker circus.
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Andreas Griffin | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 https://dashy.to is a great dashboard for self hosted stuff.
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7fqx | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I'm so glad I asked this and can see the wizardry you guys are on. Despite it being gobbledygook to me :)

Glad you're all having fun tho
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laanwj | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 oh that's neat!

> Easiest to run it on a dedicated Linux box somewhere, because it's a bit of a Docker circus.

no lack of those... i also have a few of these computers (in-flight entertainment systems) from the etnaviv days, that i wanted to use, at least for the control interface
https://media.x0f.org/ac3aa74f10e073357709ba9f7b548fed9867424d44b8352c42aa2d0973410e29.webp
https://media.x0f.org/bae948365bbdd6bd8ec5f7891e90941a4a06c72e6cd0218e4e247ba84e1a8688.webp
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petterhs | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Then you can get your hands on a zigbee coordinator either to USB or Ethernet and run zigbee2mqtt as service aswell on that computer. Connects easily to Home Assistant. All zigbee smart bulbs i have used works without any hassle. IKEA has many different for a cheap price.
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accumulator | 9 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Also I would recommend to integate with influxdb, for persistence of historical data. Then put grafana on top of that and you can add your grafana graphs into home assistant with the external web page card.
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provoost | 9 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I've just been hoarding 1+ year of sensor data with no plan. Had to get a larger SSD (for other reasons too). This might be a good idea.