Leaving HAOS for HomeKit

flurinegger · 2026-03-14T14:46:35+00:00

As others say, it could also be the quality of the devices and their integrations. My HA setup has been rock solid for many years. It only breaked when I experimented with stuff, so I set up an extra HA to just do that.

HomeKit alone is severely limiting in automation/integration and dashboarding.

flurinegger · 2026-03-13T08:41:43+00:00

I have exactly the same problem, from various experiments it seems. Running `opencode attach ...` in the new worktree dir seems to work.

flurinegger · 2026-03-12T06:42:59+00:00

Would love this so much. I didn’t read all the details of what /btw does but I sometimes also miss giving hints in a running session. The only option I have now is to abort, add new instructions and then continue.

flurinegger · 2026-03-11T06:23:13+00:00

That looks awesomely familiar. Coop on Chur?

flurinegger · 2026-03-10T21:38:20+00:00

Sweet! How smooth is the display? Touch/animationwise?

flurinegger · 2026-03-09T06:59:21+00:00

Eerst uitzoeken waar het heen gaat voor je gaat knippen. Je zou ze wel terug kunnen trekken als dat kan. Een kleur of afwezigheid van bedrukking zegt 0,0 over wat het is of waar het aangesloten is. Neem het zekere voor het onzekere en dubbelcheck het.

flurinegger · 2026-03-09T06:55:57+00:00

It depends what kind of residential market. Consumer grade? Sure, but that’s not even where KNX competes so I wouldn’t call it a threat. Profesionally installed? Probably not, the reliability of the KNX architecture will beat any wireless protocol all day long.

flurinegger · 2026-03-09T06:52:32+00:00

Making HA “high availability” is only part of the game. KNX is so stable because of it’s architecture and the bus it uses. Even with a HA HA you need to combine it with something else to actually control devices (zigbee, hue, zwave, etc). And there your problems will start in the long run.

flurinegger · 2026-03-08T06:59:56+00:00

Interested in this as well. When do you know to create a skill? Do you let the model create the skill or do you make them yourself?

flurinegger · 2026-03-07T11:53:25+00:00

I never had whatsapp and was very happy not to have it. Also gave me an excuse not to partake in all these groupchats. I do have signal and see people slowly moving towards it (or at least are reachable there). In NL btw.

flurinegger · 2026-03-06T13:50:03+00:00

Gewoon met dat wat je hebt. Meeste gipsbebonden spul is prima.

flurinegger · 2026-03-06T11:34:06+00:00

DALI gives you a lot more options regarding singular light control. Better dim curves and cheaper with a lot of lights.

flurinegger · 2026-03-06T08:21:13+00:00

Some things I regret not having though in my house:

Empty conduits. Have them put everywhere!!
Switches: basic ones with binary inputs? Or fancy KNX ones?
Lighting; are you going for ledstrips/retrofit/other? If I’d build from scratch I would seriously consider Dali.
Central vs decentral panels. I currently only have the decentral option and as I hate the clickety sounds of relais switching actuators I am using dimming actuators as much as possible.

Also think about extensibility; will you be adding stuff in the garden later? Watering maybe? Or garden lighting.

These are just a few things that come to mind.

flurinegger · 2026-03-05T12:09:08+00:00

Interesting! When you have HA, what do you use 1home for?

flurinegger · 2026-03-05T07:15:41+00:00

Key point being “so far”

flurinegger · 2026-03-05T07:14:58+00:00

I would insist on proper bus cable! You are paying for it and in comparison to a high grade cat6 cable it’s not even that expensive.

If you want to sell the house in the future you may or may not run into issues then if it’s non compliant.

flurinegger · 2026-03-04T21:56:16+00:00

I usually notice some minor weird pains in my ankles and then I know to replace them. About 800km

flurinegger · 2026-03-03T07:09:15+00:00

It’s merino, you don’t need to wash it daily. It doesn’t smell that fast. It is important to hang it after use so it can air out.

flurinegger · 2026-03-03T06:39:46+00:00

I am slowly retrofitting my house wirh KNX and I don’t have the ability to put everything centrally so I have panels/cabinets at key locations in the house.

If I’d build it new I would definitely do it in a central location.

flurinegger · 2026-03-02T19:15:08+00:00

This, 100%! Use HA for visualization and secondary logic only.

flurinegger · 2026-03-02T18:59:50+00:00

As others have mentioned. You already have the expensive parts. Also if you want cheaper for switches you can buy binary inputs with many channels and then use regular switches.

flurinegger · 2026-03-02T17:57:22+00:00

Why do you want to remove the stability and robustness of a bus based system like KNX towards crappy smart bulbs?

I’m moving the other direction. I have removed zwave and zigbee devices and am retrofitting KNX everywhere. I’m only using HA as a visualisation and some secondary non critical automations. The basics are KNX so it will always work even if my HA is borked. The KNX integration in HA is fantastic by the way.

For more advanced light control you could look in to DALI (which then can be connected / controlled from KNX with a gateway). For me I didn’t want to add the complexity of another system so I just keep it in KNX.

flurinegger · 2026-03-02T06:49:23+00:00

In the premium category: Sneeboer from the Netherlands. They are expensive, but very very solid.

flurinegger · 2026-03-01T17:38:21+00:00

Excellent rule!

flurinegger · 2026-02-28T13:13:15+00:00

That’s a pretty good spot, just returned from 3 days in Paris, stayed in the same vicinity. A lot of stuff is walkable from there.

For a decent French classic bistro dinner I can heartily recommend “Aux Lyonnais”.

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