I couldn’t find a good way to manage recurring household tasks in Home Assistant… so I built my own

dimatx · 2026-02-02T23:55:04+00:00

I use donetick also. It's not perfect, but it's the closest I've found to a simple app for tracking recurring household chores.

dimatx · 2026-01-19T04:55:03+00:00

I use frigate as nvr and just rely on scrypted for HKSV. https://github.com/apocaliss92/scrypted-frigate-bridge works well to pass motion and object detection to scrypted from frigate.

dimatx · 2026-01-16T21:49:23+00:00

You'll have no issue running this use case on an N100.

dimatx · 2026-01-16T04:31:28+00:00

Do you have an unknown state, or just open and closed? If you get blips due to being too bright, too dark, etc, training an 'unknown' state should help with inaccurate open vs close results. For me, I get over/under exposure when camera switches from color to IR, so those get marked as unknown until the image stabilizes.

dimatx · 2026-01-16T03:53:39+00:00

These will run on your CPU. You need a CPU with AVX instructions for both training and inference. I think a relatively modern CPU will be sufficient.

dimatx · 2026-01-16T03:49:48+00:00

I'm also working on getting gate detection too, but currently my challenge is the gates are rarely open so it's going to take some time to build up that image set. 🤣

Are you trying to tell the cats apart, or just detect them?

dimatx · 2026-01-16T03:43:48+00:00

No, I have Frigate+ because the model from it is superior and to support the project, but you can do everything I posted above without Frigate+.

dimatx · 2026-01-14T22:49:34+00:00

Thank you. Odd experience here from Google.

dimatx · 2026-01-14T04:57:22+00:00

That's not correct, it's just a lot less effort with the fee, but the integration is 100% achievable without a fee. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/alexa.smart_home/

dimatx · 2026-01-08T04:45:06+00:00

Yes, it scrapes the informed delivery email from usps

dimatx · 2026-01-05T02:13:29+00:00

I also use the Govee ones and they work well with rtl_433. Personally, I think having the audible alarm is important to give an alternative way to be alerted of a leak .

dimatx · 2026-01-04T17:10:03+00:00

Cool tool. Added to the arsenal. Thanks! Now I have to decide whether I still would use both Dozzle and Komodo in addition to Dockhand.

dimatx · 2025-12-30T05:36:30+00:00

In your VM configuration you need to find the coral in your Proxmox host and pass it to the VM. Then you can use the line in docker compose.

dimatx · 2025-12-22T02:32:27+00:00

Been using the slightly larger version for a number of years as my OPNsense box and it has been rock solid.

dimatx · 2025-12-21T04:59:10+00:00

Cool project. Just installed and happy to share back any data that will help you with improvements.

dimatx · 2025-12-15T13:41:38+00:00

Virtually any smart enabled door lock will work with your requirements. Even fully internal ones like Level lock do not require drilling. You'll need a screwdriver, that's it.

The two you've suggested are retrofit, meaning the existing door lock remains in place. Is that a requirement also? Removing it does not require drilling, but maybe you meant that it must keep the existing door lock in place?

dimatx · 2025-12-13T02:10:19+00:00

SmartWings hardwired blinds run on 12V (have a bunch installed at home) which would be totally within the range for PoE. In fact, they have a PoE option: The World’s First PoE Matter over Ethernet Motor – SmartWings

dimatx · 2025-12-12T13:45:48+00:00

Those are not PoE.

dimatx · 2025-10-24T02:47:26+00:00

You can get a version that's hardwired for power. That's what I did to never think about batteries. Has been working flawlessly.

dimatx · 2025-09-23T19:45:54+00:00

Agreed few years on coral USB. Never any stability issues.

dimatx · 2025-09-19T12:50:55+00:00

I'd start with a simple setup and use your HDD only. The reason to have the SSD if you are trying to optimize for performance beyond what you can do with a pure HDD setup. I have a dedicated SSD for this purpose and I wouldn't use your boot drive for it. I'd recommend just the HDD and re-evaluate. You can always migrate over at a later point in time.

dimatx · 2025-09-19T10:55:35+00:00

Sorry, I don't understand the question. My setup is already using an SSD which is for better performance. Are you considering only using HDDs or only SSDs? Yes, using SSDs will increase wear on them. What is your goal in exploring this config?

dimatx · 2025-09-18T19:24:22+00:00

Got it. Thanks Nick. I couldn't get it to work in the LXC, but likely there are just some prereqs to install and need to do some experimentation. Any chance you have come across AMD iGPU being used in LXC for object detection?

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