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martinsnow on Nov 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a...

Agree with you fully. It's also a lot more easy to program behavior into an esp32 rather than rely on home assistant pre defined modules.

H8crilA on Nov 14, 2023 [–]

It's more about ESPHome rather than Home Assistant.

But yeah it is more fun to do it bare bones :). However, over time I found myself "upgrading" my hand made IoT devices to more standard solutions. Standard solutions usually work better.

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