#python

First Home Assistant install — YAML and local-first

“The pitch: everything you've been running through SmartThings's cloud now runs on a $35 board in your closet. Tonight I'm finding out if the pitch is true.”

Hue scenes and the local REST API — first Python automation

“The bridge's local REST API has no authentication beyond one button-press token. That's fine on a trusted LAN today. The day Philips puts the bridge on the public internet, that same unhardened endpoint stops being fine.”