Relevant XKCD 1319

Relevant relevant xkcd:

At this point, xkcd is holy scripture in the sense that you can use it to argue for or against any position you want to
But what’s more fun, the original task or the development? See?
This is the way of the Home Assistant admin.
Nah man, homeassistant is so stable and reliable it actually takes a lot of time off my hands lol.
Some quick home assistant timelines.
Automation: 15 minutes
Reworking the dashboard until it’s good enough: I don’t know, I haven’t finished yet.
until you hit a deprecation of something you’re actually using :)
Like your whole fucking SBC because they dropped 32-bit support.
So, every other month, if you have a diverse enough setup. Plus changes in zigbee2mqtt on top, if you have that.
but my hodgepodge of dumpster finds i use doesn’t make it any easier!
If I automate 90% of my life don’t I then have that 90% more to automate even further?
life: “it looks like you have some free time, how about a few ‘unforeseen circumstances’ to liven things up a bit?”
It’s not going to automate itself.
Going to 90%, there’s your problem. Let the Pareto principle guide you…








