Giovanni joins Rohan and Phil to dive into a fully local, privacy-first smart home. We cover Home Assistant on an Intel N100, Shelly devices, Zigbee vs Wi‑Fi, ESP32 Bluetooth proxies, Frigate with a Coral TPU, Reolink cams, and smart lighting with pets.
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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:05:00 Local-only gear and protocols
00:12:00 Lighting, presence, and pets
00:18:00 Cameras, Frigate and automations
00:27:20 Media servers
00:33:00 Plex vs Jellyfin
00:41:00 Nextcloud and Immich photos
00:47:00 Backups and offsite strategy
00:53:00 Security, reverse proxy, wrap-up
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