• 4lan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    look into home assistant. you can unlink almost every device from their cloud and run them locally. No internet connection needed.

    I use it for WAY more than lights. I can monitor and control my 3D printer and weed grow, remotely. Now I have ONE app for all my IOT devices

      • 4lan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        I love that my lights turn off 15 minutes after I leave home, and turn on as I enter. I don’t touch light switches ever.

        also they all dim according to the sun setting and rising, so they are always the perfect brightness. And helps my sleep schedule.

        When I walk into a friends place at night and the lights are all searingly bright white I cringe

        • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          Well I mean you do you. I will not be changing all my lights and such. I have thought of putting home assistant on my little server but I literally have nothing to connect to it except maybe my raspberry pi running octoprint.

          • 4lan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            I love being connected to my printer’s remotely through home assistant. I can cancel a job if I see it is failing