Show Notes
Industrial data pro Mike joins Phil and Rohan to unpack his Home Assistant setup. We dive deep into Node‑RED flows, mmWave presence, actionable dashboards, and AI‑assisted automations—including recognizing his own cat and verifying the right bin is curbside.
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Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:28 - Mike’s background and location 00:03:43 - From OpenHAB to Home Assistant 00:06:11 - Cloud vs local pragmatism 00:09:40 - Zigbee, Thread and Matter lessons 00:12:17 - Distributed hardware and Docker setup 00:16:08 - Family UX and presence ethos 00:20:26 - PIR, mmWave and context signals 00:24:41 - Automations with Node‑RED 00:29:50 - AI‑assisted automation building 00:34:44 - Dashboards and notifications 00:43:42 - Cameras, AI and the cat 00:50:59 - Smarter heating and preheating 01:03:33 - Actionable notifications philosophy 01:05:40 - Evangelizing at work and wrap‑up
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