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Go inside the Open Home Foundation with Darren, the web developer behind Home Assistant’s sites. From keeping the various Open Home Project websites online to automating his own home, we cover a lot in this one.

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Chapters

00:00:00 Intro, sponsors, Darren’s role

00:07:12 Community contributions beyond code

00:12:30 Remote culture at Open Home

00:20:30 Privacy, cloud devices, risks

00:27:30 Digital IDs and translation dilemmas

00:33:30 Early Home Assistant days

00:38:30 Frigate, cameras, smart automations

00:48:05 NSPanel Pro door previews

00:54:30 Zigbee, Z-Wave, and locks

01:01:00 mmWave presence and zones

01:06:30 ESPHome projects and wrap-up

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