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"Smart" devices have turned me 180 degees from a tech enthusiast to quasi-Luddite. (startrek.website)
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[โ€“] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yep, that's me. I have my smart phone but I try not to keep it on my person for large swaths of the day. I've stopped wearing a smart watch entirely. I'm slowly getting the traditional "smart" devices out of my life. I recently bought an inexpensive sewing machine too, and I went with Brother brand, but I got one that was adjusted mechanically rather than computerized, just in case.

But I do love me some free/libre technology! In was just getting a bunch of games installed on my son's Linux PC (I am bringing LAN parties back in this home), and if hobby time permits this winter I might start getting into home assistant and locally controlled smart devices. And since I'm already an embedded systems dev, I'll probably come up with some fun stuff to do with raspberry pi's or similar.

[โ€“] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago

HomeAssistant is great if you can source locally-controllable accessories. I've got smart bulbs and plugs but they all run Tasmota and never leave my local network (not that they can on their isolated VLAN lol). They're just getting more difficult to source. Last I checked, Zigbee is the way to go.

I've been playing with an OrangePi zero 2w the last week and a half. Definitely fun if you don't mind occasionally frustrating lol.