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The AI drew a floorplan of his house and now he taps rooms to switch lights and fans

A smart home user had the AI create a vector floorplan of his house, then write a small tool where he could drag icons for his lights and fans into place. He set it up in Home Assistant so he can click a device on the floorplan to turn it on or off.

How it works

  1. The AI creates a vector floorplan of the house
  2. It writes a little tool for placing light and fan icons by dragging
  3. He places the devices
  4. He sets it up in Home Assistant so clicking a device on the plan toggles it

Why it’s worth knowing

His smart home dashboard is now a drawing of his own house that he can tap to run the lights.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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