Home Assistant

A couple of years ago I setup Frigate NVR for the first time with just a couple of Raspberry Pi based cameras and a simple Coral USB Accelerator. Since then it’s gotten a lot more refined, supporting a wide variety of different machine learning acceleration platforms and architectures. Recently I setup Frigate on a disused Intel NUC mini pc running an 8th Generation i7 processor, certainly not lacking power but with no provisions for dedicated machine learning hardware acceleration. ...

I’ve been using Home Assistant for several years now, since before there was a Android Mobile app (2019) and I can say that it’s been an incredible journey with each update to the project bringing new features and maturity to the platform. There are a couple things which really contributed to my experience with Home Assistant, primarily the extensive catalog of integrations and the integration of non-Home Assistant devices through ESPHome, Z-Wave, and Zigbee. ...