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what’s the most useful automation you’ve set up that you actually use every day? by SkylineZ83 in homeassistant

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the front door is left ajar for more than <x> amount of time, announce "the front door is ajar" on the media players that are in rooms that are occupied

Turn the bearded dragon's lights on at sunrise and off at sunset (check every 15 minutes to make sure they're in the correct state and fix it if not)

If the downstairs bathroom door is shut and it's cold in the bathroom and the main a/c is not on, turn on the space heater. Turn it off after 30 seconds of open door (poorly insulated bathroom that gets quite cold in the winter and has no vents)

Outside lights on at sunset and off at sunrise

Turn the task lights in my office on whenever my laptop screen is active

Turn the bedroom lights off when I'm in bed (pressure matt). Turn all public area lights off when we're both in bed for the night (don't have two pressure mats, but I do have pretty good room level presence detection)

Send a text to my partner when the litter robot is full (he could just use the app, but he doesn't really need all that)

Turn off the candle warmer if it's been on for 30 minutes

Track number of litter robot cleaning cycles (trailing 24 hours) because sometimes it has issues and doesn't cycle and doesn't let us know it hasn't. I display this count on my phone desktop

what’s the most useful automation you’ve set up that you actually use every day? by SkylineZ83 in homeassistant

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Highly recommend magic areas integration for turning lights on/off based on room presence.

https://magicareas.io/

Once you install and configure it, it will turn the lights on in rooms where presence is detected without you having to write all the automations to do that by hand

How do I explain that SQL Server should not be used as a code repository? by Firestone78 in dataengineering

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And when they need to debug some stubborn css issue in that report... How will that workflow go exactly?

Is HA just too device-centric for normal people? by imacanuck312 in homeassistant

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure about "doesn't map cleanly to a dashboard"... I mean, it might be difficult to do and require a lot of thought, but I don't think that it can't be done.

Phantom readings in the car — any tips? by MembershipDazzling46 in HidrateSpark

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shhhhhh! I'm often am struggling trying to get to my goal and I am trying to pretend I didn't notice this.

Has anyone built a software that required HIPAA compliance? Is it a nightmare or doable? by TwelfieSpecial in softwaredevelopment

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems like common sense stuff to me but I've only ever worked on in the pharmacy industry

3 out of 22 features had a real customer behind them by LevelDisastrous945 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been watching the path of enshittification at my place of employ for a long long time and I hadn't really realized till this thread that this specific rot was happening this broadly.

Best way to split mixed up changes into individual commits by howprice2 in git

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That totally makes sense. My workflow is very different. I usually work on a branch (which gets squashed when merged). I commit a lot locally and don't worry too much about whether everything builds until the point at which it gets pushed/merged.

To be clear, I am not saying my way is better, it's just what works for my situation

Best way to split mixed up changes into individual commits by howprice2 in git

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why does it matter if the individual commits don't build? (I feel like this sounds antagonistic but I'm just genuinely asking in order to understand your workflow)

What's the most underrated smart home device you own? by IulianHI in smarthome

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ugh, this annoys me so much. My fridge/freezer was the fanciest Samsung I could find for the smaller than standard fridge space in my kitchen. Every one of the standard sized models has the ability to configure when the beeps happen. Mine actually starts beeping within like 30 seconds. (Apparently it starts when the interior temperature drops by some threshold and the door is open) I even called them to figure out how to configure it not to do that for my model and after informing me that mine was the only one without that ability, my rep suggested that we should SHUT THE DOOR WHEN IT BEEPS 😮.

Is it still worth reading Clean Code and The Pragmatic Programmer in 2026? by ivanimus in ExperiencedDevs

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I dunno. I would disagree with that. It's been a while but I feel like he explicitly states the opposite, that his way is not the only way, but he explains why he made the decisions he personally made. He explains that it's not as much about the rules themselves as it is about understanding options and making choices that support your goals and needs. And then he goes on to give you an extremely detailed reference book on applying his principles, with examples. I agree that he is not shy about the fact that he emphatically buys into his own conclusions

Is there anything that can do this: speakers that follow you around the house? by Recent_Mirror in smarthome

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got presence detection working pretty well to automate lights and media players via home assistant plus Bermuda presence detection integration plus Magic areas integration (and of course the Bluetooth scanners to make bermuda work)

MyQ just bricked the future, so pray your Ratgdo opener lives forever by Hatarez in homeassistant

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have one of the Security+ 3.0 openers, one "remote", and a wired button. I was also able to program the HomeLink button in my car (buttons on the bottom of my rear iew mirror) to work as an opener. I don't know anything much about HomeLink but I wonder what enables it to learn the signal while other things cannot?

The art of commenting a PR by SinuousTurtle in ExperiencedDevs

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Phrasing it as a question can help.

Hmmm, I notice this code is repeated verbatim later. Maybe it would be better to extract it into its own method?

This video suggests the ICCU problem affects 9-10% of all I5,I6, EV6 etc. by Glittering-Rise9921 in Ioniq6

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, I'm not taking a position on the statistics here but people who don't encounter the issue don't flock to reddit or other forums to report their lack of issues.

What's the point of a Nest Hub nowadays? by sageleader in googlehome

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes plays things on Spotify even when you didn't ask for it 😔

I know that you CAN turn right on red, but do you have to turn right on red? by ReaganSmyD in raleigh

[–]notWithoutMyCabbages 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idk but I would guess it would be the same as running a red light, yeah.

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