Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home

A Human. Being. Him/He. Dad. Open Sourcerer. GitHub Star 🌟 @home_assistant. Passionate. Dedicated. Make a positive difference every single day. Be the change ❤

[ClaudeDevs @ClaudeDevs]

New in Claude Code: your sessions can now message each other.

Instead of having to re-explain yourself in another session, you can now tell Claude to do it. It sends a summary (not your history or files), and the other session picks it up mid-task.

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

OK I'm done with the complex network setup...

#FromScratch #Matter

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

What my day looks like nowadays with @coderabbitai....

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

Some people still think Home Assistant automations mean YAML and a quiet evening to question your life choices. 😅

Nope!

The new triggers and conditions let you start with what you want your home to react to.

More power, less complexity!
https://t.co/dZz7tAzpxU

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

Open source won. That is why LGTM stopped being enough.

In projects like Home Assistant, a PR is not just a diff. It can affect real homes, automations, and trust.

Review got heavier because the stakes changed.
https://t.co/nBMz3KRfbW

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

Home Assistant automation modes: why the default isn’t your friend.

The default is `single`. Safe, but why some automations appear to ignore you.

Learn how to pick the mode you need. 🙂
https://t.co/kcQ4ykEKd2

[Robert Anthony Pitera @aka_westofeast]

If you're not reading @Frenck 's newsletter, you are missing out on some outstanding writing. If you think he's great live, imagine what he comes up with when he has time to think... LOL

The glorious past called https://t.co/7Nnmy0q4U9

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

@w46569 Hey! Sorry, I do not want to post them as regular blogs (as they are not) and I haven’t figured out a way to make a dedicated newsletter page that lists them with Ghost.

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

Second newsletter is out! 🚀

RSS, YAML, Thread plumbing, old-web nostalgia, and the public confession that my Home Assistant setup has 294 devices and zero automations.

Curious what people think when they open it from their inbox.

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

@pa_alt Yup! Worked on this for quite a while before putting it out. AI is a great sparring partner while figuring stuff out or doing ground work.

I hope that list will grow over time now it is out in the open 🙂

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

I’ve been working on something new!

Presenting YAMLRocks 🪨

A fast, correct YAML library for Python, written in Rust. YAML 1.2 (and 1.1), safe by default, and round-trip editing that keeps comments and formatting intact.
https://t.co/IJ4TeDRcJK

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

Woke up with a random brain wave and had to check if I was right.

That was my Saturday morning. 😄

Tiny Home Assistant PR: less wasted work in a hot template rendering path.

Benchmark on my machine: about 51% faster. 🏎️
https://t.co/8P6cDKBFcr

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

@tinsleyio

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

@alphasixtyfive It has that potential, yes :)

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

@aka_westofeast You have been around since my early days man... Thank you for you continuous support for a lot of things I do. Really 🫶

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

My first personal newsletter shipped. The next one is already slowly forming from links, notes, and things I did not want to lose in a browser tab forever.

If you want one from the next batch, subscribe here:
https://t.co/gQzFYvCOYx

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

@brusarp Well, I think Home Assistant is a good use case. I have a running Home Assistant instance that uses YAMLRocks of course. Time will tell :)

[Home Assistant @home_assistant]

Music Assistant 2.9 Release Party is live! 🎶
Join and discover everything new this release!
https://t.co/wLwylI6IGv

[Franck Nijhof | Home Assistant & Smart Home @Frenck]

@fkadev @msdev Hot damn! I need to get my ass to #msbuild next year! 🤩