Curious how it works under the hood?
The source is here. If you want to give the repo a ⭐ too, that is very much appreciated ❤️
I’ve been quietly working on a new, extremely focused open-source project.
The sensible part of me says: finish the tests and documentation first.
The impatient part has already hovered over the publish button more than once.
Soon™ 😀
Home Assistant just added the Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi and Trackmix WiFi to Works with Home Assistant. Reolink now has 10 certified cameras.
That matches my setup: local, reliable, and excellent with Home Assistant.
I’ve been working on something new.
Presenting YAMLRocks 🪨
A fast, correct YAML library for Python, written in Rust. YAML 1.2 (and 1.1), safe by default, and round-trip editing that keeps comments, anchors, and formatting intact.
#OpenSource
𝗔 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.
But a smart home can help you measure waste, automate boring fixes, and keep useful hardware out of the trash.
New post: 𝗔 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁 🍃
My first personal newsletter shipped. The next one is already slowly forming from links, notes, and things I did not want to lose in a browser tab forever.
If you want one from the next batch, subscribe here:
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Home Assistant 2026.6! 🎉
A friendlier card picker 💡, infrared devices that now also listen 📡, live condition tests and target counts in the automation editor ✨, Z-Wave smart lock credential management 🔐, and 16 new integrations!
www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06...
#HomeAssistant
AI did not create the maintainer burden problem in open source. It accelerated it.
Contributors are being amplified. Maintainers are still the verification bottleneck.
New post:
frenck.dev/open-source-...
First newsletter went out Friday. Subscribers got it first, but I made this one public too so you can see what kind of thing it is.
Mostly notes, links, thoughts, and a drawer being slightly less full.
Read it here:
frenck.dev/email/e333f2...
@home-assistant.io 2026.6 is releasing later this week (Wednesday, June 3rd).
Here are the 5 features that I really liked in the release:
youtu.be/6cY7zSTrEIM
Have you spotted any other features in 2026.6 that you're excited about?