880: Creator of Home Assistant: Web Components, Self Hosting and Home Hacking
Feb 26, 2025•59 min
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Episode description
Wes and CJ talk with Paulus Schoutsen, creator of Home Assistant, about the future of smart homes, AI-powered automation, and open-source innovation.
Show Notes- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 00:29 What is Home Assistant?
- 03:32 Web Components in Home Assistant
- 10:41 Home Assistant’s stability and longevity
- 17:05 Is Home Assistant the biggest open-source project using web components?
- 20:03 How does the native app work?
- 23:34 Code sharing between Android and iOS
- 24:17 Self-hosting Home Assistant
- 28:13 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 30:47 Bundle size and memory usage
- 32:29 How AI and voice assistants are shaping the future of Home Assistant
- 37:16 How Paulus made it possible to flash microcontrollers directly from the browser
- 43:48 Web Serial and Web Bluetooth APIs
- 47:03 Matter, Zigbee, and Z-Wave – where smart home standards are headed
- 51:17 Paulus’ smart home setup
- 53:16 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
- Paulus: Bambu 3d Printer
- Paulus: Nabu Casa
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