#122: Home Assistant: Pythonic Home Automation

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The past few years have seen an explosion of IoT devices. Many of these are for the so-called smart home. Their true potential lies in the ability to coordinate and automate them as a group.

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0:00.0	The past few years have seen an explosion of IoT devices, many of these are for the so-called
0:04.3	smart home. Their true potential lies in the ability to coordinate and automate them as a group.
0:10.3	How can your garage, Wi-Fi, Chromecast, and window shades work together automatically?
0:16.4	Chances are these are all from different manufacturers with different protocols and apps.
0:20.6	That's why you need something like Home Assistant.
0:23.1	This Python-based app brings over 740 devices together and allows you to observe, control,
0:29.9	and automate them as a whole.
0:31.9	This week, you'll meet Paulus Schausten, who created Home Assistant.
0:36.2	This is Talked by Thiname.
0:41.8	Episode 122 recorded July 25th, 2017.
0:50.6	I'm a developer in many senses of the word, because I make these applications,
0:53.5	but I also use these verbs to make this music.
0:58.1	I constructed line by line, just like when I'm coding another software design.
1:01.2	In both cases, it's about design patterns.
1:02.8	Anyone can get the job done.
1:04.3	It's the execution that matters.
1:05.7	I have many interests.
1:06.7	Sometimes it can flex. Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
1:14.2	This is your host, Michael Kennedy. Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy.
1:17.8	Keep up with the show and listen to past episodes at TalkPython.fm, and follow the show on Twitter via At Talk Python.
1:24.9	This episode's brought to you by Rollbar and us at Talk Python Training.
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