this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2026
292 points (90.6% liked)
Technology
88725 readers
2919 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Outlet timer + dumb coffee maker = genius coffee maker...but cheaper, and simpler and doesn't randomly break because an update fucked something up in HA (again) so your automation isn't running today.
Also yes. My response was more about showing you can have a modern smarthome that does not talk to the internet. You can of course automate without.