Home Automation for Developers: Beyond Smart Plugs
You’re a developer. You have smart lights. They turn on when you clap or yell at a cylinder. Congratulations, you’ve automated nothing meaningful. Real home automation is infrastructure. Let’s build it properly. The Stack That Works Home Assistant — The hub. Open source, local-first, integrates with everything. Run it on a Raspberry Pi, a NUC, or a VM. Zigbee/Z-Wave coordinator — Wireless protocols that don’t depend on WiFi or cloud services. Zigbee2MQTT or ZHA for Zigbee, Z-Wave JS for Z-Wave. ...