Hi, I recently made the switch to Lemmy from Reddit. But r/homekit is one of the
communities I miss the most. What can I do to help build this community up? I’m
happy to make posts, comment, and upvote. Is trying to poach people from
r/homekit a bad idea? I would love to get to know everyone better. Here’s some
info about my smart home. - I’m using Apple Home, and my primary hub is a 4K
Apple TV 4K Ethernet, which I chose for the Thread radio. - I’m almost
exclusively using Thread devices, and most of those are Matter over Thread. -
Most of my lights are Nanoleaf Essentials (Matter over Thread), and despite
people hating Nanoleaf, they have been much better lately. - For more advanced
lighting, I’m using WLED, which is a DIY project for controlling addressable
light strips. - My WLED lights are bridged into HomeKit via Homebridge, though
I’ve considered switching to Home Assistant. - I’m using a Deco mesh router with
two nodes, and it’s been amazing for the relatively low cost. - Outside of Apple
Home, I use Ring, which I’ve bridged into Apple via Homebridge. I hate the Ring
subscription, but their hardware is solid. Excited to get to know everyone!
I love Apple Home. It has its flaws, but— just like Lemmy— I love trying out bleeding-edge tech like Thread, Matter, mesh based routers and sick lighting. I also mess around with Homebridge, and I’ve considered trying Home Assistant. I’ve learned a lot, and I want to collaborate with other home automation enthusiasts. I’m going to try to post more to that community, but I wanted to put this out there if anyone is interested in collaborating with me to build up that community.
Yeah, that is what I’ve heard! I’m actually a software developer by day, and I’ve even written a Homebridge plugin for IR control— though I didn’t publish it. Idk, maybe I’m just burnt out coding after my day job, and I’m happy to keep things simple. I also like that my partner can do everything I can without diving into another app.
If I did Home Assistant, I would want direct thread control from both Apple Home and Home Assistant. I want to minimize hops that any request has to take within the network. For example, I’m testing out a Nanoleaf Sense+ switch which has direct control of their lights over Thread without needing to touch a border router.
I also mess around with WLED, which is way more DIY and satisfies the side of me that wants to do more DIY.
Yeah, that is what I’ve heard! I’m actually a software developer by day, and I’ve even written a Homebridge plugin for IR control— though I didn’t publish it. Idk, maybe I’m just burnt out coding after my day job, and I’m happy to keep things simple. I also like that my partner can do everything I can without diving into another app.
If I did Home Assistant, I would want direct thread control from both Apple Home and Home Assistant. I want to minimize hops that any request has to take within the network. For example, I’m testing out a Nanoleaf Sense+ switch which has direct control of their lights over Thread without needing to touch a border router.
I also mess around with WLED, which is way more DIY and satisfies the side of me that wants to do more DIY.