"I have ADHD and have found Home Assistant to be a valuable tool for managing executive dysfunction. I use it for audible calendar reminders, laundry reminders, timers, and monitoring my doorbell camera and my nanny cam for my dog. Its also a great source of pure nerdy joy for me. And I recently took the most joyously nerdy step yet in my home automation fixation."
"I even discovered a community theme for Home Assistant that goes a long way to looking like the LCARS computer control system in the Next Generation era of Star Trek I grew up on. LCARS is not a practical or useful computer interface. Its stated purpose is to " suggest something well-organized when a viewer sees [it] in the background of a scene." What it is, though, is gorgeous."
"Most of my home automation happens through actual automation without my input, and I do make extensive use of voice control ( yes, "Computer" is my wake word. The false alarms when I'm watching Star Trek are worth it). But there are some things I'll always want a dashboard for. Sometimes you want to control things manually. It's nice for weather displays or triggering custom lighting scenes."
Home Assistant is a popular open source, extremely customizable home automation platform used to make homes work better. Users can create automations for reminders, timers, and camera monitoring to assist with executive dysfunction and daily tasks. Voice control can be configured with custom wake words and automations can run without manual input. Custom dashboards provide manual controls, weather displays, and scene triggers. Community themes and dashboards enable aesthetics like LCARS from Star Trek, offering nostalgic visual appeal despite limited practicality. Some community themes approximate LCARS well but may have sizing and button layout imperfections that prompt further customization.
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