@walltablets170
Great rant and so true. I think many try to give new platforms ago but don't put enough effort to learn it it a give up too easily. Revisiting failed platforms after a year or so is great to see if they evolved is a great way to find some gems. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to more content.
@Blookus
Hey! Great video, I'm happy I strolled upon youre channel whilst I was looking into start my home automation system. Solid and straight-forward information. Some tips for the commentators that helped me as I had my first job as a programmer. Break everything down to manageable pieces. It's very easy to get discouraged to try learn something complex if you focus too much on the result. Have a vision and start Small. Build the complexity in pieces, like a puzzle. And don't be scared of doing something wrong! We are not programming the coolant systems on a nuclear power plant, it's just some lights, switches, sensors etc. :):) Thank you, and keep up the great job with these videos!
@albukrek
Thanks, Your advice is the true for life in general!
@InspiredScience
I couldn't agree more about the importance of being objective and open-minded in tech, yet in my experience it's extremely rare to find in this field. At least outside of the Bay Area IMHO. I'm in a similar situation with PC/Mac; as a corporate apps / database developer my primary platform is a PC. Despite that, I constantly recommend people run parallel Linux and Mac desktops. For me personally, Sketch alone is enough justification to keep a Mac around, lol.
@claudiomoles
great! open mindness. I started playing with home assistance a couple of months ago and I started with plain raspberry and mosquitto, then added Node Red, which is astonishing, but did not have the GUI I was looking for, then tried out Home Assistance, but then Openhab came in my way and I gave it a chance, at the moment I kind of stick with OH2, because the flexibility it gives me, access to Linux command and I can use Node Red with it.
@alexperit
Hey, Bill, have at leat one video with real completely setup, as example take some server, install sowftware, connect some , i'dont know, Arduiono, upload this firmware, connect to server connect to Light bulb, done. Your light switch on/off by rule. And install this app to Android/IOS device, setup and you got ability to turn on/ turn off your light in your home by mobily device. Done
@CrankyCoder
I use openhab as my primary hub, but I have some things that work better elsewhere, and I use MQTT as the glue to allow them to communicate between
@pfabulous2000
Do you have to use a raspberry pie with open hab? Or can you just use open hab and use it as a blank canvas
@narkeddiver7325
Great video - I always find it strange how defensive how people get over their tech choices - I prefer the Apple environment but if someone else prefers Linux or windows then great - it has no impact on me whatsoever and they are getting an experience that works for them Some people seem to take other’s choices as a personal attack on them and lash out with insults, very strange
@scottt988
4 MIN 35 SEC to get to content of a 7 MIN. Video. We don't need that long of a buildup. This drives me crazy.
@EmpyreanNJ