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tech never works for long (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 55 points 4 months ago

"no smart home crap" Yeah... That's just a choice. I have two homegrown smarthome solutions that are amazing and complex without creating security holes.

[-] Lemmee@sh.itjust.works 48 points 4 months ago

You can tell it’s an IT guy’s home assistant if there’s no hardware that requires someone else’s cloud.

My home automation philosophy is that everything in the house should work with or without internet. It’s going well so far.

[-] ragas@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago

This is why I'm conflicted about getting online weather information.

[-] Lemmee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Pretty hard to replace weather info without internet. I don’t have any automations that rely on weather info, and I have a cheap rain gauge that a friend 3d printed for me. It uses a simple zigbee door sensor to detect rain accumulation. Pretty clever device (not my invention.)

So eventually I want to automate the watering of my garden, and I intend to use the rain sensor to help there. But honestly, it never rains in the summer here in the PNW, so my 3rd reality moisture sensors are more useful than actual weather data.