The AI watched for his new aquarium thermometer and swapped it into his home system

The AI, given a Home Assistant API key, watched for the new Bluetooth aquarium thermometer he installed, replaced the broken one's entities with it, and verified graphs and automations worked.

How it works

The AI, given a home system API key, watches for the new Bluetooth aquarium thermometer he installed
Replaces the broken one's entities with it
Verifies the graphs afterwards

Why it’s worth knowing

It waited for the device to appear, which is patience as a feature.

Where it’s from

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

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