This is the 1st post in the My journey with Home Assistant focus series. <div class='paragraph'> Last June, I spoke at <a href='https://program.berlinbuzzwords.de/bbuzz24/talk/HMQMDH/' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Berlin Buzzwords</a>. In all honesty, I rarely attend others' talks for a variety of reasons: lack of time, lack of energy, no interest in the proposed subjects, etc. When I do, I go either for subjects I know and want to deepen my understanding of

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The author attended a talk on using DevOps observability tools for home automation and became interested in Home Assistant, an open-source platform. With various 'smart' devices in their home and concerns about privacy, they aim to enhance control and privacy through a centralized, local-first approach to home automation. They detail their current smart home setup and explain why they decided to implement Home Assistant.

Why Home Assistant?

Where is the rest of the article? 🙃

Anyone else noticing a big uptick in chatter about home assistants? 👀