Andrej’s smart home journey and designing PokyPow

Rohan and Phil chat with Andrej, a passionate Home Assistant user with some truly creative automations—from a relationship point system to a cat doorbell! He’s also developing PokyPow, an ESP-based device that lets you control your PC with Home Assistant.

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Chapters

00:00:35 Guest Introduction: Andrej

00:00:47 Andrej's Journey with Home Assistant

00:01:34 Introducing PokyPow

00:02:27 Building and Challenges of PokyPow

00:03:18 Prototype to Production

00:04:30 Launching on Crowd Supply

00:21:30 Smart Home Experiences

00:26:10 Voice Control and Automations

00:31:22 Home Assistant Automation

00:36:20 CO2 Monitoring and Air Quality

00:43:20 Automation with Scale

00:47:40 Home Automation Future Plans

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