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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Well yeah. I guess if you want to DIY a solution there’s a lot more you can do. My issue is building a polished finished product rather than exposed wires and a switch, since I have the wife approval factor to consider now. So it’s easiest for me to buy a smart outlet and a button or switch vs wiring up my own solution and trying to 3d print a case these days.


  • I started off WiFi and ended up on zigbee for the most part. The major downside of wifi is how many devices are cloud/proprietary but it sounds like you’re using esphome so that’s not an issue. I definitely like my zigbee devices as they also tend to be slightly cheaper, but starting with WiFi is an easy progression definitely.

    Getting a USB zigbee device is about all you need to get up and running and adding to your mesh, which I definitely recommend eventually.