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Mike joins Phil and Rohan to share how he hides smart tech in a 1953 mid‑century home so it looks analog but works like magic. Plus: Roborock tricks, leak sensors that turn rooms blue, HomePod TTS vs Sonos ducking, Samsung Frame art‑mode headaches, and running full HA OS in a VMware Fusion VM on a Mac mini.
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Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome 00:03:00 Lighting gateway and Hue hack 00:05:30 Sneaking tech and dance reveal 00:08:00 From HomeKit/HomeBridge to HA 00:10:30 Dashboards and camera setup 00:12:30 Bulbs vs switches in 50s home 00:14:30 Bathroom fan and comforts 00:16:30 Homelab and Zigbee backbone 00:19:00 LLMs and announcements 00:21:30 Laundry alerts and Mac lab 00:25:30 Presence sensing strategy 00:28:00 Leak sensors and water safety 00:31:00 Light signals around the home 00:33:00 Roborock automations and hacks 00:40:30 Bedroom presence routines 00:43:00 Bayesian sensors and design 00:49:50 Time Machine and Frame TV 00:54:30 Pool fountain control 00:56:30 Power and crawlspace cabling 00:59:10 Party trick and outro
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Hosts Phil Hawthorne Website Smart Home Products Twitter: @philhawthorne Bluesky: @philhawthorne.com Buy Phil a Coffee
Rohan Karamandi Website Smart Home Products Twitter: @rohank9 Buy Rohan a Coffee
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