How Eugene Built a .NET Home Assistant Brain for his Smart Home

Phil and Rohan chat with Eugene about how he built a deeply automated smart home using Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi, Zigbee, Shelly devices, Aqara sensors, and even C#/.NET with NetDaemon. They explore practical automations for alarms, presence, notifications, kid management, and more.

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Chapters

00:00:00: Intro

00:02:00: Getting Into Automation

00:04:15: Choosing Hardware Wisely

00:06:30: Network Lessons Learned

00:10:30: Current Home Setup

00:15:00: Presence And Notifications

00:20:30: Actionable Alerts

00:27:55: Chores And Screen Time

00:34:20: Morning Summaries

00:39:00: .NET Automations

00:46:50: School Dates

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