Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT

Post by melling » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 12:07 AM UTC

dpark wrote: post #40

melling wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Snips? It has been submitted 5 times this week. E.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16537734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16544893

Yes. I don’t know if Snips is any good but it seems extremely relevant and the “I won’t use remote automation” comment led clearly to the posting of Snips in this conversation. Putting aside Snips for a moment, my point with my last comment was to note that you took the “upvotes aren’t a meaningful indicator” tangent and ignored the rest of the reply. You ignored the fact that the criticism led to a meaningful reply…

Post by brokenmachine » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 3:09 AM UTC

melling wrote: post #12

gregmac wrote: post #8

I don't mean to diminish the work done here, but I can't bring myself to use any home automation that relies on internet and 3rd party services. The whole "I can't turn off my lights/adjust my thermostat/close my garage door because the internet is down" is a cliche these days, but also reality when you use services like these. There's a difference between core and nice to have services (eg, ability to tell you the w…

I guess if it doesn’t work for you, you should skip the thread so as not to drown out the effort. Someday someone might come along and build the thing you want. Perhaps they will build on this project.