Stuff You Need to Know

• Home Assistant has been around for a while, and a lot of people have smashed their keyboards and thrown their soldering irons through their front windows, and through it all, every change that has been made has elevated the platform despite the discomfort that may have accompanied the change.
• Home Assistant will not solve all of your problems, but...and I use this term with incredible discretion...it is changing the game.
• The founder of Home Assistant is an innovative human by the name of Paulus Schoutsen. Paulus has revolutionized the home automation space. Read his declaration here.

• There are many people who influence the Home Assistant community. The following is a small, incomplete list of geniuses who fuel this amazing project and act as intermediaries between the hyper-enthusiast and the hive mind. If you know of more that deservee credit, let me know in the comments and I'll add them.

  • Paulus Schoutssen
  • Robert Treencheeny
  • Franck Nijhof

Community Influencers

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If you have a following, and you are an influencer in the Home Assistant space, please let me know and I'll add you to this list.

• Ben, A.K.A. Bruh Automation The first YouTuber that I found who helped me get started with sensors. Sadly, he's been dormant for a while, and just tonight I see that he's back!
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