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I wouldn’t see it as a replacement. SQLite and DuckDB solve different problems and actually complement each other quite well. SQLite is excellent for transactional workloads (OLTP)…

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Ok! And what kind of hardware do your users run on? Do you get great quality of detection like Google Home/Alexa speakers?

Nice! What languages do you support? (for STT & TTS)

We are making Gladys Assistant ( https://gladysassistant.com/ ), an open-source smart home software. It's less "techy" than HA (no YAML files, no CLI), and UI first. We have way le…

Nice project! Just one question, how do you find open-source projects? I'm the core maintainer of an open-source smart home software ( https://github.com/GladysAssistant/Gladys , 2…

It's not what I've experienced! In my experience, as soon as there is some new data coming in the DB, the .backup command will continue, and if the writes are not stopping, the bac…

Don't forget to stop writing to the database while doing the backup, otherwise you can run into an infinite loop if you write faster than sqlite3 .backup is doing the backup :D Lea…

We do have a Google Home integration. IMO Gladys is more about going further with scenes, a beautiful customizable dashboard, and using regular Google Home / Alexa for voice comman…

HA is very good, it has way more compatibilities than Gladys right now, but IMO HA is more targeted to developers/tech-savy people, or at least people who likes “hackable” software…

Also, you can use Node-RED with Gladys Assistant (open-source home automation software) to have a clean dashboard on top of Node-RED: https://gladysassistant.com/blog/integrate-nod…

Why? If you use Gladys locally (on your local network), or has the knowledge to self host everything, then it’s 100% free (because it’s open-source), and your privacy is respected …

Hi Hacker News I’m Pierre-Gilles Leymarie, and I created 7 years ago Gladys Assistant, an open-source home automation software. At the time, it was just a pet project: something to…

I've been building an open-source assistant for the home for 6 years, it's called "Gladys Assistant". I have a paid plan with additional features which allows me to sustain my cost…

Run my home automation system with Gladys Assistant! :) https://gladysassistant.com/

Exactly that's the goal It's a community project, not a contract :) So I try to be as close as possible from my community

Totally agree!

Wow, I'm impressed by your Patreon! Congrats :)