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For me, a lot of that came down to making sure every automation I add is usable with the least amount of mental effort. For the longest time I didn't automate m

For me, a lot of that came down to making sure every automation I add is usable with the least amount of mental effort. For the longest time I didn't automate much at all and often questioned whether I needed all this or not, then we had a baby. Now we have a button in his nursery that will dim the lights, start playing white noise on a Google Home speaker, mark the start of a new nap on our Babybuddy instance, then turn off the lights after 30 seconds. When I press it again, it turns off the noise and stops the sleep tracking. If we didn't have Home Assistant we'd have to do all these things manually multiple times a day. Instead it just takes a single button press. It's a small example, but things like this will keep popping up, and I'm looking forward to making them easier.

jethro_tell 5y ago
Heh, our kids have an Alexa and a couple smart plugs for lamps in their rooms. They set their own bed/wake routines which was really great because we kinda got the buy in from them on how they want to do it and it's the same every time. They like to come by ever now and then and update the routine, add a step or piece of information. It's fun to do with them and it's nice to have them do their own thing but also not need an adult for everything thing.
NegativeLatency 5y ago
There’s no law of nature that says you need to track your kids sleep and upload it to a could service.
- hayleox 5y ago
  It looks like it's self-hosted: https://github.com/babybuddy/babybuddy https://github.com/babybuddy/babybuddy
  - iamjackg 5y ago
    It is indeed. It's an interesting open source project too, because its usefulness is very much inversely proportional to the time you spend using it! Contributors often start submitting changes, then their children grow up and they lose interest in the project. Sort of a built-in attention span limit.
- iamjackg 5y ago
  Good thing it's not a cloud service then!

jethro_tell 5y ago

Heh, our kids have an Alexa and a couple smart plugs for lamps in their rooms. They set their own bed/wake routines which was really great because we kinda got the buy in from them on how they want to do it and it's the same every time. They like to come by ever now and then and update the routine, add a step or piece of information. It's fun to do with them and it's nice to have them do their own thing but also not need an adult for everything thing.

NegativeLatency 5y ago

There’s no law of nature that says you need to track your kids sleep and upload it to a could service.

hayleox 5y ago
It looks like it's self-hosted: https://github.com/babybuddy/babybuddy https://github.com/babybuddy/babybuddy
- iamjackg 5y ago
  It is indeed. It's an interesting open source project too, because its usefulness is very much inversely proportional to the time you spend using it! Contributors often start submitting changes, then their children grow up and they lose interest in the project. Sort of a built-in attention span limit.
iamjackg 5y ago
Good thing it's not a cloud service then!