A different perspective

Posted Aug 9, 2025 21:44 UTC (Sat) by Rudd-O (guest, #61155)
In reply to: A different perspective by warrax
Parent article: A kernel developer plays with Home Assistant: general impressions

> I just really don't see the "value add". Life without random things happening (and having to debug them!) with heating/lighting or whatever seems a lot simpler to me. Is turning a knob really that much effort?

The main value-add for me was in *never* having to do anything that the house should just do for me, and *never* having to remember when the appropriate time for a chore is. Go in a room? Lights on. Leave? Lights off. Leave home? Start vacuum, turn everything else off. Printer done a long print job? Voice announcement where I am. Washer done? Announce it, so I can move stuff to dryer. Baby bedtime? "OK, Nabu, baby sleep" and *everything* is set up just right. I can concentrate on the stuff that I want or need to do, not on silly stuff like "did I forget to turn off the light in the reduit?"

Stuff like Crestron-level controls of all media around the home, dashboards, AI-powered voice controls are just bonuses atop everything else.