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The AI replaced Home Assistant in my house and my camper

Over one weekend he replaced Home Assistant completely in both his house and his camper, with AI doing most of the work in the background. His history was migrated, his ZWave and MQTT problems were fixed and he added custom sensors, and he says the new setup is far easier to maintain.

How it works

  1. The AI works in the background over the weekend
  2. The old setup is replaced in his house and his camper
  3. His history is migrated over
  4. ZWave and MQTT issues are fixed and custom sensors are added

Why it’s worth knowing

A full smart home swap in two places, a house and a camper, mostly happened in the background over a single weekend.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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