Points covered: 1) Identify the Problems you want to solve 2) Start Small, one thing at a time 3) How do I add functionality without removing [existing functionality] 4) Decide on a Platform and Let that drive purchases Bonus: Focus on Local Controls

Very informative. You covered considerations that will save people a lot of time and money. Something I saw on Reddit recently was the idea of adding a fallback mode/kill switch in case of complex errors. Though that may indicate the admin is making things too complex, it might not hurt to add anyway.

Excellent content & context, its good to have a strategy based on a solid rationale - finding out the hard experiential way requires lots of time & money flushed down the drain and lots of frustrations to learn this. I could have done without 'Robot Guy' though - your other transitional elements were good! A point you didn't make that I think is also true is that making every switch or bulb in a house "smart" isn't really logical - small rooms like bathrooms with single doors and single lights work just fine & efficiently with traditional switches/dimmers or 'semi-smart' timers/occupancy sensors. Automations also need lots of thought to make sure they work for everyone all the time or are at least benign for others. I've seen so many demonstrated that make me think: "your wife/kids and especially guests will be so confused when that happens", OR what if that Isn't what you always want to happen...

I just have to say that I'm at 42 seconds in and the pulsing robot is so distracting that it makes it impossible for me to watch the video.

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Solid video, especially #5. I've been rebuilding my homelab and it's honestly very easy to fall into so many of these, especially procrastinating and hardware envy.

Wasn't really look for a tool like this but I'm happy i know about it now. I have a few flashdrive os setups and this would work as a great supplement to that. Arch or puppyos + this will make for great micro, portable setups.

I'm thinking of installing Arch + Hypr (I'm on Windows now, however a Linux user a long time ago) and then doing something like this with Google Drive.

Nice content, keep going!

Great video! It would be great to have video where to start to become Cyber security specialist

Great video! It would be great to have video where to start to become Cyber security specialist