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frenck.social

A Human. Being. Him/He. Dad. Open Sourcerer. GitHub Star 🌟 #HomeAssistant lead engineer. Passionate. Dedicated. Motto: Make a positive difference every single day. Be the change ❤

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📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴! People assume my smart home is a futuristic, perfectly automated masterpiece 😬 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆? It’s a chaotic mess of devices, half-working automations, and dashboards... 😰 Time for some confessions… frenck.dev/confessions-... #SmartHome #HomeAssistant #Repost 🙏

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Are you just starting out with your #smarthome journey? @frenck.social shares some great tips for first-timers and maybe some of us who have one or two automations under our belt already https://youtube.com/shorts/ygGff0Vdiiw

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Ik wil een kip 🐓 en een paard 🐴 en een koe 🐮... Just saying...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Built a coffee counter ☕️ automation for #homeassistant. It recognizes when the smart plug uses more than 1200 Watts of power for more than a few seconds. Curious to know how much coffee runs through my machine at home throughout a full year haha

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

Friends, I need your help to convince Firefox that WebSerial is important. WebSerial is used to install ESPHome, WLED, Tasmota and so many other open source firmwares. It makes the difference between a 2 minute install or a failed install (because a user can't get Python to run). Leave a comment:

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

Sure, chocolates are nice and all but why not show your favourite open source projects how much you love them by sponsoring them today! github.blog/open-source/...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

🌹 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗱, 💙 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲, 🏠 #𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁, 🥰 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂! From smart homes to smart hearts, here’s to every developer, contributor, and Home Assistant user making their home better for loved ones—one open-source contribution at a time! 🫶 #ValentinesDay #HomeAssistant

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Last month, I visited CES! And holy mother of home automations, are things evolving fast! 🚀 From AI overdrive and the challenges of interoperability with Matter to wild smart home gadgets, my full takeaways will surprise you! frenck.dev/ces-2025-my-... #CES2025 #SmartHome #HomeAssistant #AI #Matt

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

🚀 Want to keep up with the best in open source? The GitHub Stars starter pack just dropped! 🌟 Follow along to discover some of the most passionate developers, maintainers, and creators in the GitHub community—including yours truly. 😉 🌟 Honored to be part of this! 🌟 #GitHub #OpenSource

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Whoa! I just installed WhatsApp as a Mac app… 😳 Something must be seriously wrong with me. Maybe I caught that nasty flu thing that’s been going around in Europe… 🦠🤧 What’s next? Using Facebook again?! 😵

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 🔓 Thanks for the follow @github.com! ❤️ #AchievementUnlocked #GitHub #GitHubStar #OpenSource

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📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼! A 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗴-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 that works with 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁? ⚡🔋 The 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗪𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝗴-𝗜𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 claims you can 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼—but does it really work? Let’s find out! 👀 📺 Watch here: youtu.be/WOxB-d-ofj4 #HomeWizard #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeBattery #Environment #Energy

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

🎬 Spent my Saturday evening deep in video editing… 📺 This is totally new to me, and wow—there’s a LOT that goes into making a YouTube video. Did I do it right? No idea 😅 Hint: home battery + Home Assistant ⚡🔋 It drops tomorrow—curious to hear what you think! 👀 #YouTube #HomeWizard #HomeAssistant

submitted 15 days ago • 7 comments

Two weeks ago, I watched 𝘙𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 🐤—a GitHub live stream by @chrisreddington.com. He showed how to turn your GitHub graph into a 3D model. So I made mine and 3D printed it! 🖨️✨ Oh, and it’s Thursday! Chris is live again at 𝟭𝟬:𝟯𝟬 𝗚𝗠𝗧 → gh.io/rubberduckth... 🤘 #GitHub #Quack

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

The latest update to Home Assistant is out with updates to backups and more local voice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsNr...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I contributed at least one of the 1,583 PRs in Home Assistant 2025.2! 🎉 Added support for the new HomeWizard Plug-In Battery 🔋 (www.homewizard.com/nl/plug-in-b...). Was really fun to get this product implemented!

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Join us in one week for the next chapter of Voice! Same place, same time for our live streams - we're going in-depth on new features like broadcasting and setting the temp. 🤩 Local voice is also getting a sweet upgrade. 👀 Hit that bell to get notified when we go live! 👇🏼 #SmartHome #HomeAssistant

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.𝟮 🎉 We listened! Tons of new backup features based on community feedback🥰, plus support for Google Drive & Microsoft OneDrive! 🚀 Voice can now broadcast messages—and more!

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

🚀 Release day! 🎉 Home Assistant 2025.2 is rolling out today! The new backup system gets community-driven improvements + support for Google Drive & OneDrive! 📂 Assist can now broadcast messages across your home! 📢 Don’t miss the release party live stream tonight! 🎥 #HomeAssistant

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

📦 Unboxing time! 🎥 @github.com sent me a mystery package, so I did what any reasonable person would do: I made my first-ever unboxing video. 😂 Let’s just say it’s very professional (not). Check it out here: youtu.be/LdhCt1JL5YQ #GitHub #GitHubStar #Unboxing #MonaOverload #Swag

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

📦 Just got a package from @github.com… and 𝙬𝙤𝙬 🤗, the box is full of Monas! 🐱💙 Maybe it’s time for another attempt at an unboxing video? 😂 #GitHub

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments