Build a smart home from scratch

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Leaderboard

1
Tomás Herrera
7 projects
Oct 30
2
Wei Zhang
5 projects
1
3
Ingrid Solberg
3 projects
Oct 26
4
Rachel Kim
3 projects
Oct 31
5
Femi Adeyemi
3 projects
Oct 23
6
Noah Brennan
1 project
Oct 29

Latest

Wei reached camp: Lights that follow the sun
18h ago
Wei logged Local voice assistant, first try
“Whisper and Piper on the mini PC. It understands me if I talk like a newsreader.”
18h ago
Rachel reached camp: First sensor reporting
3d ago
Rachel finished a quest: Ship: Away mode while I travel
3d ago
Tomás logged Morning routine: blinds and coffee
“Blinds open at 7:00, coffee plug on at 6:55. Weekdays only.”
4d ago
Noah reached level 2
5d ago
Noah reached camp: The hub is up
5d ago
Noah logged Home Assistant Green out of the box
“Plugged it in and it found the TV and the thermostat on its own. Day one done.”
5d ago
Noah wrote their plan
6d ago
Noah joined Build a smart home from scratch
6d ago

About

Goal

12 projects

How it counts

Each log counts as one done.

Length

One year from the day you start

Started

Sep 7, 2026

Turn an ordinary home into a smart one, one project at a time. Avoid cloud lock-in where you can: Home Assistant, cheap sensors and things you can fix yourself. A project counts when it's running and someone in the house actually uses it.