880: Creator of Home Assistant: Web Components, Self Hosting and Home Hacking

Hosted byWes Bos

Wes and CJ talk with Paulus Schoutsen, creator of Home Assistant, about the future of smart homes, AI-powered automation, and open-source innovation.
Show Notes • 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

• 00:29 What is Home Assistant?
• 03:32 Web Components in Home Assistant • Home Assistant Frontend
• 10:41 Home Assistant’s stability and longevity
• 17:05 Is Home Assistant the biggest open-source project using web components?
• 20:03 How does the native app work?
• 23:34 Code sharing between Android and iOS
• 24:17 Self-hosting Home Assistant
• 28:13 Brought to you by Sentry.io
• 30:47 Bundle size and memory usage
• 32:29 How AI and voice assistants are shaping the future of Home Assistant • Talking with Home Assistant
• 37:16 How Paulus made it possible to flash microcontrollers directly from the browser • Open Home Foundation
• 43:48 Web Serial and Web Bluetooth APIs
• 47:03 Matter, Zigbee, and Z-Wave – where smart home standards are headed • Matter)
• Zigbee
• Z-Wave
• 51:17 Paulus’ smart home setup • Reolink
• Yale
• 53:16 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs • Andrew Schmelyun

Sick Picks • Paulus: Bambu 3d Printer

Shameless Plugs • Paulus: Nabu Casa

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